CREATE FUNCTION dbo.UrlEncode(@url varchar(1024)) RETURNS varchar(3072) AS BEGIN DECLARE @count int, @c char(1), @i int, @urlReturn varchar(3072) SET @count = Len(@url) SET @i = 1 SET @urlReturn = '' WHILE (@i <= @count) BEGIN SET @c = substring(@url, @i, 1) IF @c LIKE '[A-Za-z0-9()''*-._! ]' BEGIN SET @urlReturn = @urlReturn + @c END ELSE BEGIN SET @urlReturn = @urlReturn + '%' + SUBSTRING(sys.fn_varbintohexstr(CAST(@c as varbinary(max))),3,2) END SET @i = @i +1 END RETURN @urlReturn END GO