[2005] Help with regular expression pattern

Hi, I am trying to modify a regular expression so that it will properly convert text that resembles a hyperlink into the actual HTML code (a href). I have a slight problem with the pattern that I am using. It doesn't capture any parameters on the end of the URL if it has any. For instance, it captures http://www.somewebsite.com/ just fine, but it doesn't capture http://www.somewebsite.com/test.aspx...=1&otherparm=2 properly. It doesn't catch everything from the ? over. Here is the code:

Dim patternSite As String = "\w*[\://]*\w+\.\w+\.\w+[/\w+]*[.\w+]*"

Thanks!

"\w*[:/]*[\w.-]+\.\w{2,4}[/.\w=&]*"

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-tg