Passing and using parameters

[Tor Inge Rislaa]

Passing and using parameters

How to get hold of the parameter value provided by the URL? When I open a
web form with a DataSource I often include a parameter in the URL as below:

myNewPage.aspx?myParam = 10

If I simply need to use the value of myParam in the VB code when the new
page load, how do I refer to the parameter?

e.g. myLabel.Text = myParam (where myParam is replaced with a proper way to
refer to it)

TIRislaa

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

It comes from the Request.QueryString collection. I forget the VB code, but
in C# it's:

Request.QueryString["myParam"].ToString()

Keep in mind, before you ever attempt to reference it, you'll need to make
sure that it is not a null value. If you don't test for null first, and the
querystring variable isn't present (it could be there but misspelled for
example) then it will through a null reference error when you attempt to use
the ToString() method on it. Always test for null first just in case.

in C# the test woud be:

if(Request.QueryString["myParam"] != null)
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Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
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Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006

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Passing and using parameters

How to get hold of the parameter value provided by the URL? When I open a
web form with a DataSource I often include a parameter in the URL as
below:

myNewPage.aspx?myParam = 10

If I simply need to use the value of myParam in the VB code when the new
page load, how do I refer to the parameter?

e.g. myLabel.Text = myParam (where myParam is replaced with a proper way
to refer to it)

TIRislaa

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

myLabel.Text = Request.QueryString("myParam")

or

Request.QueryString.GetValues("myParam")[1] if you have more than one named
myParam value

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Passing and using parameters

How to get hold of the parameter value provided by the URL? When I open a
web form with a DataSource I often include a parameter in the URL as
below:

myNewPage.aspx?myParam = 10

If I simply need to use the value of myParam in the VB code when the new
page load, how do I refer to the parameter?

e.g. myLabel.Text = myParam (where myParam is replaced with a proper way
to refer to it)

TIRislaa

[Tor Inge Rislaa]

Solved my problem.
Thank you very much!

TIRislaa

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It comes from the Request.QueryString collection. I forget the VB code,
but in C# it's:

Request.QueryString["myParam"].ToString()

Keep in mind, before you ever attempt to reference it, you'll need to make
sure that it is not a null value. If you don't test for null first, and
the querystring variable isn't present (it could be there but misspelled
for example) then it will through a null reference error when you attempt
to use the ToString() method on it. Always test for null first just in
case.

in C# the test woud be:

if(Request.QueryString["myParam"] != null)
--

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
--

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006

"Tor Inge Rislaa" <to************@rislaa.nowrote in message
news:uB**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>Passing and using parameters

How to get hold of the parameter value provided by the URL? When I open a
web form with a DataSource I often include a parameter in the URL as
below:

myNewPage.aspx?myParam = 10

If I simply need to use the value of myParam in the VB code when the new
page load, how do I refer to the parameter?

e.g. myLabel.Text = myParam (where myParam is replaced with a proper way
to refer to it)

TIRislaa