Sitecore.Context.Database.SelectSingleItem("/page-help") not working in CM

Question

I have a code that query an alias item like this Sitecore.Context.Database.SelectSingleItem("/page-help") but I get an error saying

End of string expected at position 42.

it only throws this error in my content management but not in my content delivery. How can I fix this in my content management?

Thanks

Answer 1

You need to escape the - dashes.

Sitecore.Context.Database.SelectSingleItem("/page#-#help") alternatively Sitecore.Context.Database.SelectSingleItem("/#page-help#")

References:

• https://blog.istern.dk/2014/10/29/escaping-dashes-in-sitecore-queries-datasource-query-update/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36991247/can-i-programmatically-escape-dashes-in-sitecore-queries-using-fullpath
• https://blog.nikkipunjabi.com/2016/11/sitecore-query-with-hypen-or-dashes.html

For simple queries like this however, the following would be eaiser

Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem("page-help")