Here is a function that you can run to illustrate the issue. In brief, for integers and decimals, unless the value is first turned into a string using toString(), it will become null when encoded for a URL.

void Bugs.encodeUrlBug()

{

// this function illustrates a bug whereby integers become null values when processed by the encodeUrl() function

// the solution is to turn all numbers into strings before using the encodeUrl() function

// encodeUrl() documentation here: https://www.zoho.com/creator/newhelp/script/built-in-functions/built-in-function-url-encodeurl.html

parametersMap = Map();

stringVariable = "a string parameter";

integerVariable = 12345;

decimalVariable = 678.90;

parametersMap.put("String", stringVariable);

parametersMap.put("Integer", integerVariable);

parametersMap.put("IntegerToString", integerVariable.toString());

parametersMap.put("Decimal", decimalVariable);

parametersMap.put("DecimalToString:", decimalVariable.toString());

// encode the parametersMap

encodedMap = map();

for each k in parametersMap.keys()

{

encodedMap.put("encoded " + k.toString(), encodeurl(parametersMap.get(k)));

}

info parametersMap;

info "---";

info encodedMap;

/// see that the integer and decimal values, when encoded, become null unless they are first transformed into Strings

}