servlet request problem

Ok theres a site with an address similar to the following

http://test.address.uk/serverArea?view=confirm&file=ID4793944974.ID&cd=0

my servlet performs a check in the following way

//please note request.getString is the same as request.getParameter except it

//throws a certain exception if a string does not exist

String view = request.getParameter("view");

if(view= confirm)

{

fileId= request.getString("id");

cd = request.getParameter("cd");

}

The problem is sometimes the address needs to be of this form

http://test.address.uk/serverArea?view=confirm&file=ID4793944974.ID%26cd=0

So when this address is entered I get an exception that the string cd doesn't exist.

This is because of there being a "%26" instead of & before the "cd" end.

Is there anyway I could solve this problem?

[1130 byte] By [scorpion2a] at [2007-11-27 10:59:20]