Problem escaping '&' character in utl_http package..

I'm using utl_http package to download web pages without any problem if the URL is a regular one such as: http://www.oracle.com/etc/data.html
However, as in most cases, the data files are dynamically generated by cgi's, and look like:
http://xyz.data.com/cgi?n1=v1&n2=v2
Whenever I pass the above as a URL, Oracle thinks that I'm trying to pass a value to the variable d on the fly.
Escaping & with \ or {} did not help at all.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks
Cuneyt
[email protected]

hi,
try using " set scan off "
regards,
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