HTTP Client, URL Encoding

Question

Hi there, got a bit of a problem here and hoping that someone might have an idea.
2 servers, Web AS 6.20 SP45 (Java and ABAP) same Kernel releases, DB releases, patch levels, components and everything.
Same program (transported from one to the other)
Code sample can be found <a href="/people/sap.user72/blog/2004/11/04/bof-teched-munich-04--rss-http-and-bsp
I make a simple HTTP client and I send out a URL.
In the URL I have a parameter:
?content=#X|SID|NUM|DESCRIPTION
From System A it works and the Apache server on the other side picks up the URL as
?content=%23X%7SID%7NUM%7DESCRIPTION
If I do it from System B the Apache server on the other side picks up the URL as
?content=#X|SID|NUM|DESCRIPTION
I have gone through all my parameters, settings, etc but I can't seem to find something that is different or would cause this.
Here is my last hope <b>BEFORE</b> going to the OSS, any takers? any ideas??

Answer 1

Not exactly a <i>why this is happening</i>, but the following might be a work around.  Have you tried performing the URL Escaping on your URL before sending it to the HTTP Client. You can do so with cl_http_utility=>escape_url.  
data: output_url type string,
      input_url  type string.
input_url = `?content=#X|SID|NUM|DESCRIPTION`.
write: / input_url.
output_url = cl_http_utility=>escape_url( input_url ).
write: / output_url.