Re: BUG - IIS6 webdav doesn"t like "&"

".._.." wrote in message
news:NbyGj.43968$G23.11900@newsreading01.news.tds.net...
> That's not a bug, that's by design. Many characters are COMMANDS when you
> are dealing with a web server; so spaces, ?, @, &, etc. are translated to
> other characters, and the server will not parse or send files with them in
> it. Doing that, could open up security holes and cause all sorts of
> problems.

Sorry, but did you cared to read the scenario I outlined in the message at
all? IT IS A BUG.

And IT IS A BUG because IIS webDAV allow users to rename files and folders
and add a "&". Therefore not allowing the file/folder to be accessed again
unless it is renamed through a non webDAV access.

I would expect a proper webDAV implementation to first and foremost:

a) Block users from adding "&" (or any other problematic characters for that
matter). In fact, this is what SharePoint's webDAV do (when you open a
document library as a web folder)

b) Files and folders with existing "&" should have a better handling (e.g.:
mark it as read-only) instead of ambigous error messages.