title: slashes in url variables
body: <p>I have set up my coldfusion application to have dynamic urls on the page, such as </p>
  
  <pre><code>www.musicExplained/index.cfm/artist/:VariableName
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However my variable names will sometimes contain slashes, such as </p>
  
  <pre><code>www.musicExplained/index.cfm/artist/GZA/Genius
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is causing a problem, because my application presumes that the slash in the variable name represents a different section of the website, the artists albums. So the URL will fail.</p>
  
  <p>I am wondering if there is anyway to prevent this from happening? Do I need to use a function that replaces slashes in the variable names with another character?</p>