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(troubleshooting)
Set up a category-based promotion in Accelerator fails
Problem(Abstract)
You define a promotion to affect a certain category when you create a promotion using the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. Your category name contains an ampersand '&', a semicolon ';', or a percent sign '%'. When you select this category name, it fails with a message such as :

The categories listed below are being removed because they do not match with the categories in the current database. Click Search to find valid categories.
Cause Special characters, used to format parameters when passed through a URL, are not being properly encoded by the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, and are misinterpreted. Resolving the problem This problem (APAR JR25944) is resolved in Fix Pack 5.6.1.3 and 6.0.0.3 or newer. You can obtain the Fix Packs from the WebSphere Commerce fixes by version page.
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Commerce WebSphere Commerce Business Edition General AIX, i5/OS, Linux, Solaris, Windows 5.6, 5.6.1, 5.6.1.1, 5.6.1.2
   

Document Information

Current web document: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21285977