# Search url encoding looks like crap

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/search-url-encoding-looks-like-crap/111138>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 2, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/search-url-encoding-looks-like-crap/111138 "2007-08-02T23:28:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![jko170](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@jko170](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jko170)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/search-url-encoding-looks-like-crap/111138/1 "2007-08-02T23:28:26Z")

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I’m trying to search records with a date and the url looks like crap.  
Here is a url:

[domain.com/attendances?search[(3i)2(1i)2007(2i)8(2i](http://domain.com/attendances?search%5B%283i%292%281i%292007%282i%298%282i)  
%29%5D=8&search%5B%283i%292%281i%292007%282i%298%283i%29%5D=2&search%5B  
%283i%292%281i%292007%282i%298%281i%29%5D=2007  
from what I’ve read its URL encoding. How can I get rid of it and make  
my url clean? Would I have to use a custom route? Thanks for any help.

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**Author:** ![jko170](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@jko170](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jko170)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/search-url-encoding-looks-like-crap/111138/2 "2007-08-02T23:29:26Z")

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Oh, here is my view:

\<% form\_tag attendances\_path, :method =\> ‘get’ do %\>

Search attendances by date: \<%= date\_select :search, params[:search], :use\_short\_month =\> true, :order =\> [:month, :day, :year] %\> to \<%= submit\_tag 'Search', :name =\> nil %\>

\<% end %\>