ASP: QUERY_STRING vs default.asp - geek/talk: Signature-free discourse for serious web publishers

WildComputer · 09-08-2002, 09:08 PM

I am trying to get the entire query string when the site is accessing with a URL like

http://www.somesite.com/?xyz

(I want to get the xyz)

If I do

Response.Write Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING")

A link of the above form will not find the query string

BUT

A link of the this form

http://www.somesite.com/default.asp?xyz

(this is the same exact page) will find the query string.

How to work round, and/or what is configured wrong

maddeningcrowds · 09-10-2002, 02:47 PM

Have you tried going straight for request.querystring(variable)

e.g.
mysite.com/?name=bob

<% response.write Request.QueryString("name") %>

WildComputer · 09-10-2002, 05:40 PM

Yep, same problem

There is some discussion about this in the newsgroups plus I posted at www.experts-exchange.com too

I think it might be a bug/limitation in IIS4. A user at experts-exchange.com said this, and there seems to be documentation to confirm

Right now, the best answer I have is to use Javascripts to catch this (I don't want to upgrade to IIS5 just for this), but i'm hoping somebody might hava better answer

robhoran · 09-11-2002, 12:17 AM

I've done something similiarv for my http://www.gopictures.com site.

The registered users are given a URL such as http://www.gopictures.com/username.

The way I did this was to re-direct the 404 error to a pages called redir.asp

Heres the code for the redir.asp page. Its ASP/VBScript but I guess you could do something similiar with other languages:

redir.asp
-----------------------------
<%

Response.Write Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING")
Foldervalue=split(Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_S TRING"),"/")
Response.Write FolderValue(3)
Response.Redirect "/Public/default.asp?User_ID=" & Foldervalue(3)
%>

Meltdown · 09-20-2002, 06:00 PM

Haven't tested but something like this should work

<%

varURL=request.servervariable("HTTP_REFERER")

varFindQuestionMark=InStr(varURL,"?")

varquerystring=mid(varURL,varFindQuestionMark+1,Le n(varURL))

Response.write varquerystring

%>

Meltdown
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WildComputer · 09-21-2002, 10:43 AM

Anything which does Request.ServerVariables or Request.QueryString doesn't work in IIS4 for the default page, if the page name, default.asp, is omitted.

This is a bug/limitation in IIS4 which is fixed in IIS5. Search google groups and it's all over them

Upgrading to IIS5 is too drastic

It might work (I haven't tried too drastic) to delete the default page, catch in a 404 handler, and then get the server variables

Right now, the best solution I have is to catch the query string in a JavaScript. If the JavaScript also sees the page name is omitted, could redirect so

www.yoursite.com/?xyz becomes www.yoursite.com/default.asp?xyz

Not very good but workable. In my case, I am only interested in handling a particlar query string value, so I adapted the JavaScript to only do a redirect in this case.

09-08-2002, 09:08 PM	#1
WildComputer Registered User Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: See Answers 2000 Limited Posts: 2,618	ASP: QUERY_STRING vs default.asp I am trying to get the entire query string when the site is accessing with a URL like http://www.somesite.com/?xyz (I want to get the xyz) If I do Response.Write Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING") A link of the above form will not find the query string BUT A link of the this form http://www.somesite.com/default.asp?xyz (this is the same exact page) will find the query string. How to work round, and/or what is configured wrong

09-20-2002, 06:00 PM	#5
Meltdown Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 37	Haven't tested but something like this should work <% varURL=request.servervariable("HTTP_REFERER") varFindQuestionMark=InStr(varURL,"?") varquerystring=mid(varURL,varFindQuestionMark+1,Le n(varURL)) Response.write varquerystring %> Meltdown \\\///// ~ ~ @ @ < \__/ Last edited by Meltdown; 09-20-2002 at 06:18 PM.

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09-10-2002, 02:47 PM	#2
maddeningcrowds Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 719	Have you tried going straight for request.querystring(variable) e.g. mysite.com/?name=bob <% response.write Request.QueryString("name") %>

09-10-2002, 05:40 PM	#3
WildComputer Registered User Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: See Answers 2000 Limited Posts: 2,618	Yep, same problem There is some discussion about this in the newsgroups plus I posted at www.experts-exchange.com too I think it might be a bug/limitation in IIS4. A user at experts-exchange.com said this, and there seems to be documentation to confirm Right now, the best answer I have is to use Javascripts to catch this (I don't want to upgrade to IIS5 just for this), but i'm hoping somebody might hava better answer

09-11-2002, 12:17 AM	#4
robhoran Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 79	I've done something similiarv for my http://www.gopictures.com site. The registered users are given a URL such as http://www.gopictures.com/username. The way I did this was to re-direct the 404 error to a pages called redir.asp Heres the code for the redir.asp page. Its ASP/VBScript but I guess you could do something similiar with other languages: redir.asp ----------------------------- <% Response.Write Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING") Foldervalue=split(Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_S TRING"),"/") Response.Write FolderValue(3) Response.Redirect "/Public/default.asp?User_ID=" & Foldervalue(3) %>

09-21-2002, 10:43 AM	#6
WildComputer Registered User Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: See Answers 2000 Limited Posts: 2,618	Anything which does Request.ServerVariables or Request.QueryString doesn't work in IIS4 for the default page, if the page name, default.asp, is omitted. This is a bug/limitation in IIS4 which is fixed in IIS5. Search google groups and it's all over them Upgrading to IIS5 is too drastic It might work (I haven't tried too drastic) to delete the default page, catch in a 404 handler, and then get the server variables Right now, the best solution I have is to catch the query string in a JavaScript. If the JavaScript also sees the page name is omitted, could redirect so www.yoursite.com/?xyz becomes www.yoursite.com/default.asp?xyz Not very good but workable. In my case, I am only interested in handling a particlar query string value, so I adapted the JavaScript to only do a redirect in this case.