Passing Special Characters in Query String

I'm facing a problem with Special Characters ($, %, &, \, /, ;, :, ", ') etc...... We are sending a varibale in a query string like this : <a href="add_pro_team.php3?title=<? echo urlencode($title) ?>"> with $title containing multiple words & these special characters, it is not passed. I get an error. Without urlencode, multiple words are not passed with the "+" signs. And with URLENCODE, the special characters are not processes giving an error? what do i do? Also, if someone enters any of these special characters in text areas or fields provided to them - and they have to be entered into the database - the entering is done successfully, but getting values back from database to print on the page gives an error. How to work through these special characters in a way that they can be entered & extracted back from database & also passed in query strings as is without errors?? Regards, T. Edison jr. ===== Rahul S. Johari (Director) ****************************************** Abraxas Technologies Inc. Homepage : http://www.abraxastech.com Email : abraxastech@yahoo.com Tel : 91-4546512/4522124 ******************************************* __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text