character encoding - URL having a & getting encoded in a ASP.NET repeater control -

i have url in asp.net repeater control:

http://www.someurl.com/test.aspx?abc=t&bd=1 

this gets encoded & when gets rendered browser.

we have tried decoding using server side tags in repeater, did not work.

how can stop happening?

example:
on server: http://www.someurl.com/registration?pcid=free15&pid=a1v80000000pq6zeag
on client: http://www.someurl.com?pcid=free15&pid=a1v80000000pq6zeag

@aspnetdev, row below shows url looks in database, 1 or 2?

--------------------------------------------------- | id | url                                        | --------------------------------------------------- |  1 | http://www.example.com/?id=1&name=test     | |  2 | http://www.example.com/?id=1&name=test | --------------------------------------------------- 

is rough approximation of repeater looks like?

<asp:repeater runat="server" id="repmain">  <headertemplate>   <ul>  </headertemplate>  <footertemplate>   </ul>  </footertemplate>  <itemtemplate>    <li><a href="<%#databinder.eval(container.dataitem, "url")%>"><%#databinder.eval(container.dataitem, "url")%></a></li>  </itemtemplate> </asp:repeater> 

if row #2 highly recommend decode urls in database in row #1. you're going running issues if use #2 method.

using above repeater, row #1 like:

<li><a href="http://www.example.com/?id=1&name=test">http://www.example.com/?id=1&name=test</a></li> 

this invalid html because literal ampersands must escaped using &

here's how row #2 appear:

<li><a href="http://www.example.com/?id=1&amp;name=test">http://www.example.com/?id=1&amp;name=test</a></li> 

this valid html , should not corrected.

can elaborate on samples or post of own?