I have a question about url encoding Spaces in URLS are normally translated to "%20" and spaces in queries are normally translated into "+", although the "%20" is correctly decoded. I'm discovering that private file uploads are not working when there is a "+" in the file name. This is being translated into a " " (space) which is quite normal for queries. With public downloads, (ie accessibly directly via http://mydrupalsite/sites/files/fred+wilma.jpg " the file works. So apache doesn't translate the + in the file's path name into a space, and the file is downloaded. With private downloads, the file name is placed into a query, thanks to mod_rewrite (or, becomes http://mydrupalsite/q?=system/files/fred+wilma.jpg " . You can see where the problem is. I can easily fix this by altering the "file_create_url" function in "/ includes/file.inc". I know I've been warned to not change drupal's core modules and code, but ..... I think I need to. However, I wonder if the problem would be better handled in the "url()" function? I notice that if you create page url's "bananas+pears" and "apples and oranges" the urls are all encoded with %20. So it seems you can't use the "+" in a custom URL. Butt least here what you type and what you get are consistent. Any thoughts? -Matt