query about querystrings

[middletree]

I've been building an Intranet app; and have used hidden fields exclusively
to pass one or two things from one page to another.

However, now I have reached a point where I may have an email sent to a
co-worker, and they want to be able to click on a link in the email to take
them directly to the info about that item. While previously, I had been
able to get to that item by typing an identifying number in a text box and
clicking a submit button, that won't be possible with a link in an email. I
guess I will have to use a querystring.

I am not sure how the querystring thing works, but it looks pretty easy on
first glance. Is there a tutorial, a really basic one, showing how to use
the querystring? Do I have to use the post method now?

 

[Adrienne]

I've been building an Intranet app; and have used hidden fields
exclusively to pass one or two things from one page to another.

However, now I have reached a point where I may have an email sent to a
co-worker, and they want to be able to click on a link in the email to
take them directly to the info about that item. While previously, I
had been able to get to that item by typing an identifying number in a
text box and clicking a submit button, that won't be possible with a
link in an email. I guess I will have to use a querystring.

I am not sure how the querystring thing works, but it looks pretty easy
on first glance. Is there a tutorial, a really basic one, showing how
to use the querystring? Do I have to use the post method now?

Dear co-worker:

Here's the link to whatever you wanted:
<a href="www.example.com/products.asp?id=12345&amp;category=2">Item 12345
Category 2</a>

---- in products.asp ----

id = request.querystring("id")
category = request.querystring("category")