Business Desk Problem with Catalog Categories that Include "&" (329681)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 SP1

This article was previously published under Q329681

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Business Desk, modifications to a product that is assigned to a category may not complete. This may occur for categories in the catalog if the category name contains an ampersand character (&) and the category is set as the primary parent category.

CAUSE

The Business Desk does not properly handle and delimit the ampersand character (&).

WORKAROUND

Avoid using ampersand characters (&) when you name categories.

RESOLUTION

To resolve the problem, make the following change to the Business Desk site.

Replace the following line in Edit_product.asp

<template register="ass_category primary_parent" >

with the following:

<template register="ass_category" >

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

This condition occurs when a user assigns a product to a category in a catalog and the catalog name includes an ampersand (&), such as "Category1 & Category2". If the user sets the primary parent category to the same, the user cannot make changes to the product attributes in the future.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/28/2002
Keywords:	kbbug KB329681