passing parameters with special characters in URL

Hi,
 
I have a parameter that has a string value of "B&E" and other similar string values. When I pass the parameter in URL, it breaks because of the special character "&"
 
Can someone please tell me how do we pass such paramters in url?
 
Arif

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GLO_FR

Hi Arif,
 
The & is a special character.
You have to encode it with %26
 
So instead of 
<pre class="_prettyXprint">
http://localhost:8080/birt/frameset?__report=****.rptdesign&param=B&E</pre>
use
<pre class="_prettyXprint">
http://localhost:8080/birt/frameset?__report=****.rptdesign&param=B%26E</pre>
Take a look <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp'>here</a> if you need some other special characters