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OK, I'm not a newbie, but I have only used Get method, never used Post or
Session variables. I have used hidden fields to pass data from one page to
the next, and it has worked fine. However, I have a situation where I will
need to use querystrings in an Intranet app (to have a clickable link in an
email which will be sent).

So I posted a question about querystrings last week, and think I get it, but
I don't want to have to change my other ASP pages which could also direct
the user to this one page. So I was thinking about keep those pages the
same, and then putting this pseudo code in the targeted page:

If (querystring <> "" then
strVariablename = Request.querystring (whatever)
Else
strVariablename = Request.Form(whatever)
End if

So the page could be usable if it were

http://intranet/ShowAllInfo.asp

or

http://intranet/ShowAllInfo.asp?Ticket=111

Will such a mixed environment work?

Yes, this CAN work. Just make sure you have your logic right. Like, what
if someone goes to showallinfo.asp?kajsdlfkjasljfa? The querystring <> ""
then, but there is no value for the value you're looking for.

Also, you could consider using Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD") to
aid your page in deciding where it should define its data from.

Ray at work

"middletree" <> wrote in message
news:...
> OK, I'm not a newbie, but I have only used Get method, never used Post or
> Session variables. I have used hidden fields to pass data from one page
to
> the next, and it has worked fine. However, I have a situation where I will
> need to use querystrings in an Intranet app (to have a clickable link in
an
> email which will be sent).
>
> So I posted a question about querystrings last week, and think I get it,
but
> I don't want to have to change my other ASP pages which could also direct
> the user to this one page. So I was thinking about keep those pages the
> same, and then putting this pseudo code in the targeted page:
>
> If (querystring <> "" then
> strVariablename = Request.querystring (whatever)
> Else
> strVariablename = Request.Form(whatever)
> End if
>
> So the page could be usable if it were
>
> http://intranet/ShowAllInfo.asp
>
> or
>
> http://intranet/ShowAllInfo.asp?Ticket=111
>
> Will such a mixed environment work?
>
>

Thanks. I'll have to look into both suggestions. Need to research the second
one, as I've never seen that before.


"Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:##...
> Yes, this CAN work. Just make sure you have your logic right. Like, what
> if someone goes to showallinfo.asp?kajsdlfkjasljfa? The querystring <> ""
> then, but there is no value for the value you're looking for.
>
> Also, you could consider using Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD")
to
> aid your page in deciding where it should define its data from.
>
> Ray at work
>
> "middletree" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > OK, I'm not a newbie, but I have only used Get method, never used Post
or
> > Session variables. I have used hidden fields to pass data from one page
> to
> > the next, and it has worked fine. However, I have a situation where I
will
> > need to use querystrings in an Intranet app (to have a clickable link in
> an
> > email which will be sent).
> >
> > So I posted a question about querystrings last week, and think I get it,
> but
> > I don't want to have to change my other ASP pages which could also
direct
> > the user to this one page. So I was thinking about keep those pages the
> > same, and then putting this pseudo code in the targeted page:
> >
> > If (querystring <> "" then
> > strVariablename = Request.querystring (whatever)
> > Else
> > strVariablename = Request.Form(whatever)
> > End if
> >
> > So the page could be usable if it were
> >
> > http://intranet/ShowAllInfo.asp
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://intranet/ShowAllInfo.asp?Ticket=111
> >
> > Will such a mixed environment work?
> >
> >
>
>

What you've stated will work, but you might try the following:

value=Request("variableName")

You do get a penalty for this because it needs to search through basically
all of the collections in the Request object to find the variable name, but
in practice, it's never been a problem.

Robert

"middletree" <> wrote in message
news:...
> OK, I'm not a newbie, but I have only used Get method, never used Post or
> Session variables. I have used hidden fields to pass data from one page
to
> the next, and it has worked fine. However, I have a situation where I will
> need to use querystrings in an Intranet app (to have a clickable link in
an
> email which will be sent).
>
> So I posted a question about querystrings last week, and think I get it,
but
> I don't want to have to change my other ASP pages which could also direct
> the user to this one page. So I was thinking about keep those pages the
> same, and then putting this pseudo code in the targeted page:
>
> If (querystring <> "" then
> strVariablename = Request.querystring (whatever)
> Else
> strVariablename = Request.Form(whatever)
> End if
>
> So the page could be usable if it were
>
> http://intranet/ShowAllInfo.asp
>
> or
>
> http://intranet/ShowAllInfo.asp?Ticket=111
>
> Will such a mixed environment work?
>
>

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Robert May"
<> writing in
news::

> What you've stated will work, but you might try the following:
>
> value=Request("variableName")
>
> You do get a penalty for this because it needs to search through
> basically all of the collections in the Request object to find the
> variable name, but in practice, it's never been a problem.
>

You'll run into problems if it's one of the ServerVariables, like URL.
<input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="<%=request("url")%>" /> will
return the name of the page.

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Adrienne Boswell
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