From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2008-02-27T13:51:34+09:00
Subject: Re: open-uri bug

On Feb 26, 2008, at 13:20 PM, Steve H. wrote:
> On Feb 26, 12:20 pm, Rob Biedenharn <R...@AgileConsultingLLC.com>
> wrote:
>> Probably because %1 looks like a partially escaped character.  Try:
>>
>>        ?%251
>> Where %25 is an escaped %
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>
> I appreciate the reply. This is a bit unfortunate, I am developing a
> tool which has to handle URIs the same way the browser does. While I
> realize that is not a "correct" URI, the browser still fetches the
> pages without a problem. In some sense, I wish I could mirror the
> functionality of the browser fetch using the URI module. Anyhow, thank
> you for your help!

What about Mechanize?