Passing Session In QueryString!

[Arpan]

In my ASP application, a Session variable takes the following form

<%
Dim strRec,strCol
strRec=Request. QueryString("re cords")
strCol=Request. QueryString("co lumns")

Session("RecCol ")=strCol & "='" & strRec & "'"
%>

The page has a drop-down list. When a user selects an option from the
drop-down, the page gets submitted to itself automatically. This is how
I have done it:

<select name="rc" onChange="gotoU RL(this.form.rc )">
<option value="Try.asp? records=<%= strRec %>&columns=<%= strCol
%>&sess=<%= Session("RecCol ") %>Option1</option>
......
......
</select>

& this is the JavaScript code that gets executed when an option is
selected from the drop-down:

<script language="JavaS cript">
function gotoURL(objURL) {
window.location .href=objURL.op tions[objURL.selected Index].value
}
</script>

Now when an option is selected from the drop-down, the URL becomes

Try.asp?records =rec2&column=co l2&sess==''

instead of

Try.asp?records =rec2&column=co l2&sess=col1='r ec1'

I thought that maybe the equal to sign '=' & the single quotes may be
causing the problem & hence replaced these 2 characters while creating
the Session variable in this way:

Session("RecCol ")=strCol & "#}" & strRec & "}"

& later replaced "#" with "=" & "}" with single quotes "'" but that
still didn't solve the problem. The URL now becomes

Try.asp?records =rec2&column=co l2&sess=#}}

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Arpan

[Steven Burn]

Have you done a response.write on Session("RecCol ") to see what it actually
contains?

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"Arpan" <ar******@hotma il.com> wrote in message
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In my ASP application, a Session variable takes the following form

<%
Dim strRec,strCol
strRec=Request. QueryString("re cords")
strCol=Request. QueryString("co lumns")

Session("RecCol ")=strCol & "='" & strRec & "'"
%>

The page has a drop-down list. When a user selects an option from the
drop-down, the page gets submitted to itself automatically. This is how
I have done it:

<select name="rc" onChange="gotoU RL(this.form.rc )">
<option value="Try.asp? records=<%= strRec %>&columns=<%= strCol
%>&sess=<%= Session("RecCol ") %>Option1</option>
.....
.....
</select>

& this is the JavaScript code that gets executed when an option is
selected from the drop-down:

<script language="JavaS cript">
function gotoURL(objURL) {
window.location .href=objURL.op tions[objURL.selected Index].value
}
</script>

Now when an option is selected from the drop-down, the URL becomes

Try.asp?records =rec2&column=co l2&sess==''

instead of

Try.asp?records =rec2&column=co l2&sess=col1='r ec1'

I thought that maybe the equal to sign '=' & the single quotes may be
causing the problem & hence replaced these 2 characters while creating
the Session variable in this way:

Session("RecCol ")=strCol & "#}" & strRec & "}"

& later replaced "#" with "=" & "}" with single quotes "'" but that
still didn't solve the problem. The URL now becomes

Try.asp?records =rec2&column=co l2&sess=#}}

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Arpan

[wolfing1]

Two things that I can think of:
- Cookies are disabled in the browser. Session variables are stored
as cookies, if cookies are disabled, they won't hold information
- global.asa is empty

Arpan wrote:

In my ASP application, a Session variable takes the following form

<%
Dim strRec,strCol
strRec=Request. QueryString("re cords")
strCol=Request. QueryString("co lumns")

Session("RecCol ")=strCol & "='" & strRec & "'"
%>

The page has a drop-down list. When a user selects an option from the
drop-down, the page gets submitted to itself automatically. This is how
I have done it:

<select name="rc" onChange="gotoU RL(this.form.rc )">
<option value="Try.asp? records=<%= strRec %>&columns=<%= strCol
%>&sess=<%= Session("RecCol ") %>Option1</option>
.....
.....
</select>

& this is the JavaScript code that gets executed when an option is
selected from the drop-down:

<script language="JavaS cript">
function gotoURL(objURL) {
window.location .href=objURL.op tions[objURL.selected Index].value
}
</script>

Now when an option is selected from the drop-down, the URL becomes

Try.asp?records =rec2&column=co l2&sess==''

instead of

Try.asp?records =rec2&column=co l2&sess=col1='r ec1'

I thought that maybe the equal to sign '=' & the single quotes may be
causing the problem & hence replaced these 2 characters while creating
the Session variable in this way:

Session("RecCol ")=strCol & "#}" & strRec & "}"

& later replaced "#" with "=" & "}" with single quotes "'" but that
still didn't solve the problem. The URL now becomes

Try.asp?records =rec2&column=co l2&sess=#}}

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Arpan