[users@httpd] special characters in query string

[Tanner Postert <ta...@gmail.com>]

i am trying to send a query string in a query string..

i need to send a dynamic script as a variable to a flash object so i am
trying to use the special characters to get the page to show up but i keep
getting a 404... example:

<embed src='whatever' variables='file=
www.example.com/index.php%3Fid=%3D1&color=black&user=5' />

the problem is, when i bring up: http://www.example.com/index.php%3Fid=%3D1,
i get a 404, but when i bring up index.php?id=1, it works fine.

is there a configuration change i can do, or a rewrite i can put in to make
this work?