title: How to prevent the symbol "&" from being replaced by "&amp;"
body: <p>I am looking to prevent the symbol "&amp;" from being replaced by "<code>&amp;amp;</code>" within my URL, specifically within JavaScript.</p>
  
  <p>Just to expand on this requirement, I am getting my url from an oracle database table, which I then use within Oracle Application Express, to set the src attribute of an iframe to this url.</p>
  
  <p>FYI, the url stored in the Oracle table is actually stored correctly, i.e.</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://example.com/xml/getInfo?s=pvalue1&amp;f=mydir/Summary.xml
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What appears in my use when trying to pass over into iframe src using JavaScript is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://example.com/xml/getInfo?s=pvalue1&amp;amp;f=mydir/Summary.xml
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which basically returns a page cannot be found</p>