web.config transformation breaks connection string with special symbols

Question

My SQL-server password for example looks like ABcDE1e]"L and in connection string it escaped as ABcDE1e]"L.

But after web.config transformation it become looks like ABcDE1e]&quot;L.

Why it decoded twice?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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Have you tried

'ABcDE1e]";L.'

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Nov 30 '16 at 08:59

Klinger

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