Passing Session In QueryString!

[Arpan]

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

<%
Dim strRec,strCol
strRec=Request.QueryString("records")
strCol=Request.QueryString("columns")

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="gotoURL(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="JavaScript">
function gotoURL(objURL){
window.location.href=objURL.options[objURL.selectedIndex].value
}
</script>

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

Try.asp?records=rec2&column=col2&sess==''

instead of

Try.asp?records=rec2&column=col2&sess=col1='rec1'

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=col2&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******@hotmail.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("records")
strCol=Request.QueryString("columns")

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="gotoURL(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="JavaScript">
function gotoURL(objURL){
window.location.href=objURL.options[objURL.selectedIndex].value
}
</script>

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

Try.asp?records=rec2&column=col2&sess==''

instead of

Try.asp?records=rec2&column=col2&sess=col1='rec1'

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=col2&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("records")
strCol=Request.QueryString("columns")

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="gotoURL(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="JavaScript">
function gotoURL(objURL){
window.location.href=objURL.options[objURL.selectedIndex].value
}
</script>

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

Try.asp?records=rec2&column=col2&sess==''

instead of

Try.asp?records=rec2&column=col2&sess=col1='rec1'

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=col2&sess=#}}

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Arpan