Request.item

hey iam passing some information in the variable ..
and fetching it in the next page through Request.item("variable")
The value passed contains some special charcters like (+ )
but when i am fetching it with request.item("variable") the specuial character (+) doesn not come .. rather it gives a blank space in between..


kindly advise to fetch these special characters through request .item ..
or some other method..
thanks..


bharat