Problem with querystring

MikeR · Sep 7, 2005

Hello -
I pass an item to an asp page as a query string. The value has a space in it. On the
receiving page, the value displays fine just as a variable, but if I use it to pre-fill an
input box, only the first word displays.
Ex:
The URL- http://myserver.com/test.asp?Item=Blue Vase

The page
<http>
<body>
<form name="form1" method="POST" action="mailto:[email protected]">
<p>Product: <%=request.querystring("item")%> <===shows Blue Vase
<input name="prod" type=text size="50" value=<%=request.querystring("item")%>> <== shows Blue
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send">
</p>
</form>
</body>
</http>

Thanks,
Mickey

Chris Hohmann · Sep 7, 2005

MikeR said:
Hello -
I pass an item to an asp page as a query string. The value has a space in
it. On the receiving page, the value displays fine just as a variable, but
if I use it to pre-fill an input box, only the first word displays.
Ex:
The URL- http://myserver.com/test.asp?Item=Blue Vase

The page
<http>
<body>
<form name="form1" method="POST" action="mailto:[email protected]">
<p>Product: <%=request.querystring("item")%> <===shows Blue Vase
<input name="prod" type=text size="50"
value=<%=request.querystring("item")%>> <== shows Blue
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send">
</p>
</form>
</body>
</http>

Thanks,
Mickey

You need to place the value attribute of the input tag in quotes. It would
probably be a good idea to html encode the value just in case the value
itself contains literal quotes. I've also taken the liberty of quoting the
other attributes of the input tag.

<input name="prod" type="text" size="50"
value="<%=Server.HTMLEncode(Request.Querystring("item"))%>">

MikeR · Sep 7, 2005

Thanks Chris -
Works as expected.
Mickey

Chris said:
You need to place the value attribute of the input tag in quotes. It would
probably be a good idea to html encode the value just in case the value
itself contains literal quotes. I've also taken the liberty of quoting the
other attributes of the input tag.

<input name="prod" type="text" size="50"
value="<%=Server.HTMLEncode(Request.Querystring("item"))%>">

Bullschmidt · Sep 8, 2005

Perhaps this may hopefully give you some ideas:

Classic ASP Design Tips - QueryString
http://www.bullschmidt.com/devtip-querystring.asp

Example URL with a querystring:
http://www.mysite.com/mypg.asp?Category=Baseball

Because a variable might contain some odd characters like spaces, it's
usually a good idea to use Server.URLEncode when creating a querystring
from a variable:
<a href="http://www.mysite.com/mypage?Category=<%=
Server.URLEncode(objRS("Category")) %>">objRS("Category")</a>

And in the page that is opened you can use
Request.QueryString("Category") to get the value of Category.

Category = Request.QueryString("Category")

' Set strSQL.
strSQL = "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE"
strSQL = strSQL & " (Category='" & Category & "')"
strSQL = strSQL & " ORDER BY Subcategory"

Best regards,
J. Paul Schmidt, Freelance ASP Web Developer
http://www.Bullschmidt.com
ASP Design Tips, ASP Web Database Demo, Free ASP Bar Chart Tool...

<<
Hello -
I pass an item to an asp page as a query string. The value has a space
in it. On the
receiving page, the value displays fine just as a variable, but if I use
it to pre-fill an
input box, only the first word displays.
Ex:
The URL- http://myserver.com/test.asp?Item=Blue Vase

The page
<http>
<body>
<form name="form1" method="POST" action="mailto:[email protected]">
<p>Product: <%=request.querystring("item")%> <===shows Blue Vase
<input name="prod" type=text size="50"
value=<%=request.querystring("item")%>> <== shows Blue
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send">
</p>
</form>
</body>
</http>

Thanks,
Mickey

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