Hi
if I have a url/query like "localhost?a&b&c=123" then I thought I could
get these parameters and values by using
NameValueCollection query = HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString;
But if I then try "query.AllKeys" I only get two keys, namely "null"
and "c".
Is this correct behaviour? Are "a" and "b" considered to be values for
a null key - and how do I get them from the collection?
Thanks,
Peter
12  14566 
Peter wrote:
Hi
if I have a url/query like "localhost?a&b&c=123" then I thought I could
get these parameters and values by using
NameValueCollection query = HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString;
But if I then try "query.AllKeys" I only get two keys, namely "null"
and "c".
Is this correct behaviour? Are "a" and "b" considered to be values for
a null key - and how do I get them from the collection?
Shouldn't the query string be: "localhost?a=&b=&c=123" ?
FB
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Frans Bouma [C# MVP] wrote:
if I have a url/query like "localhost?a&b&c=123" then I thought I
could get these parameters and values by using
NameValueCollection query = HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString;
But if I then try "query.AllKeys" I only get two keys, namely "null"
and "c".
Is this correct behaviour? Are "a" and "b" considered to be values
for a null key - and how do I get them from the collection?
Shouldn't the query string be: "localhost?a=&b=&c=123" ?
Yes, I think you're right, the query should really look like that.
I guess I should ignore any null keys I get from AllKeys (what can I
use a null key for anyway?)
Thanks,
Peter
On Apr 25, 5:35*am, "Peter" <xdz...@hotmail.comwrote:
Frans Bouma [C# MVP] wrote:
if I have a url/query like "localhost?a&b&c=123" then I thought I
could get these parameters and values by using
NameValueCollection query = HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString;
But if I then try "query.AllKeys" I only get two keys, namely "null"
and "c".
Is this correct behaviour? Are "a" and "b" considered to be values
for a null key - and how do I get them from the collection?
* *Shouldn't the query string be: "localhost?a=&b=&c=123" ?
Yes, I think you're right, the query should really look like that.
I guess I should ignore any null keys I get from AllKeys (what can I
use a null key for anyway?)
Thanks,
Peter
Who is generating that query string?
As Frans mentioned it's wrong.
You should have default values for all your parameters, and then just
update those with values in the QS.
so all you have to do at the most is adding a if (key==null) continue;
Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:
On Apr 25, 5:35*am, "Peter" <xdz...@hotmail.comwrote:
Frans Bouma [C# MVP] wrote:
if I have a url/query like "localhost?a&b&c=123" then I thought
I could get these parameters and values by using
NameValueCollection query =
HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString;
But if I then try "query.AllKeys" I only get two keys, namely
"null" and "c".
Is this correct behaviour? Are "a" and "b" considered to be
values for a null key - and how do I get them from the
collection?
* *Shouldn't the query string be: "localhost?a=&b=&c=123" ?
Yes, I think you're right, the query should really look like that.
I guess I should ignore any null keys I get from AllKeys (what can I
use a null key for anyway?)
Thanks,
Peter
Who is generating that query string?
As Frans mentioned it's wrong.
You should have default values for all your parameters, and then just
update those with values in the QS.
so all you have to do at the most is adding a if (key==null) continue;
In my program I was using AllKeys, and looping over the keys doing some
processing. Unfortunately I did not take account of the fact that a key
could be null.
A user decided to edit the query string himself, and then we got an
exception.
I did just like you said, and now check if the key is null before
processing it.
I can't really see the point in AllKeys returning a null key, but there
you go...
/Peter
It is very common to see querystrings with null key values (e.g., &ua=&bg=1 )
rather than the key not being present. Just take a look at some google
searches to see examples of this.
-- Peter
To be a success, arm yourself with the tools you need and learn how to use
them.
Site: http://www.eggheadcafe.com http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com http://ittyurl.net
"Peter" wrote:
Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:
On Apr 25, 5:35 am, "Peter" <xdz...@hotmail.comwrote:
Frans Bouma [C# MVP] wrote:
>
if I have a url/query like "localhost?a&b&c=123" then I thought
I could get these parameters and values by using
NameValueCollection query =
HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString;
>
But if I then try "query.AllKeys" I only get two keys, namely
"null" and "c".
>
Is this correct behaviour? Are "a" and "b" considered to be
values for a null key - and how do I get them from the
collection?
>
Shouldn't the query string be: "localhost?a=&b=&c=123" ?
>
Yes, I think you're right, the query should really look like that.
>
I guess I should ignore any null keys I get from AllKeys (what can I
use a null key for anyway?)
>
Thanks,
Peter
Who is generating that query string?
As Frans mentioned it's wrong.
You should have default values for all your parameters, and then just
update those with values in the QS.
so all you have to do at the most is adding a if (key==null) continue;
In my program I was using AllKeys, and looping over the keys doing some
processing. Unfortunately I did not take account of the fact that a key
could be null.
A user decided to edit the query string himself, and then we got an
exception.
I did just like you said, and now check if the key is null before
processing it.
I can't really see the point in AllKeys returning a null key, but there
you go...
/Peter
Peter Bromberg [C# MVP] wrote:
It is very common to see querystrings with null key values (e.g.,
&ua=&bg=1 ) rather than the key not being present. Just take a look
at some google searches to see examples of this.
In your example there are no "null keys". You have a key called "ua"
and a key called "bg".
The value for ua is empty, and the value for bg is 1.
If your query string was "&ua&bg=1" then AllKeys would return two keys:
null and "bg".
I don't really understand the point of a null key.
/Peter
There needs to be an equals (=) sign after each key name.
-- Peter
To be a success, arm yourself with the tools you need and learn how to use
them.
Site: http://www.eggheadcafe.com http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com http://ittyurl.net
"Peter" wrote:
Peter Bromberg [C# MVP] wrote:
It is very common to see querystrings with null key values (e.g.,
&ua=&bg=1 ) rather than the key not being present. Just take a look
at some google searches to see examples of this.
In your example there are no "null keys". You have a key called "ua"
and a key called "bg".
The value for ua is empty, and the value for bg is 1.
If your query string was "&ua&bg=1" then AllKeys would return two keys:
null and "bg".
I don't really understand the point of a null key.
/Peter
Peter Bromberg [C# MVP] wrote:
There needs to be an equals (=) sign after each key name.
Yes indeed. I found that out. But what to do if a user enters the query
string in the browser....
It seems strange to me that (1) the browser (internet explorer) sends
an "illegal" query string; and (2) the AllKeys property returns a key
which is null - using a null key to retrieve a value from the
NameValueCollection results in an error of course.
/Peter
I think it would be pretty rare for a web application that expects a user to
be creating their "own" querystrings. You can type whatever gobbledegook you
want after a URI in the Address Bar of your browser, and the browser will
happily attempt to retrieve the resource for you. Cheers.
-- Peter
To be a success, arm yourself with the tools you need and learn how to use
them.
Site: http://www.eggheadcafe.com http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com http://ittyurl.net
"Peter" wrote:
Peter Bromberg [C# MVP] wrote:
There needs to be an equals (=) sign after each key name.
Yes indeed. I found that out. But what to do if a user enters the query
string in the browser....
It seems strange to me that (1) the browser (internet explorer) sends
an "illegal" query string; and (2) the AllKeys property returns a key
which is null - using a null key to retrieve a value from the
NameValueCollection results in an error of course.
/Peter
Peter Bromberg [C# MVP] wrote:
I think it would be pretty rare for a web application that expects a
user to be creating their "own" querystrings. You can type whatever
gobbledegook you want after a URI in the Address Bar of your browser,
and the browser will happily attempt to retrieve the resource for
you.
I don't know if we're talking/writing past each other here... but it
was never the idea that a user should write parameters in the url in
the browser. However, one of our users did (for their own nefarious
reasons), and that's when we discovered an error in our program.
The user wrote a query like "?a&b&c=123". It could very well be this is
an invalid query. The browser though, as you wrote, happily sent this
invalid query to our web-app.
The web-app received that invalid query, and as part of its normal
processing used the AllKeys property of
HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString to loop over all the keys. This
caused an unhandled error in our program because we were not aware that
a key could be null.
We are now aware of this fact, and have corrected our program to not
attempt to process any null keys. I am still surprised that AllKeys can
return a key which is null, but that's just life I guess :-)
Thanks,
Peter
On Apr 25, 1:01*pm, "Peter" <xdz...@hotmail.comwrote:
Peter Bromberg [C# MVP] wrote:
There needs to be an equals (=) sign after each key name.
Yes indeed. I found that out. But what to do if a user enters the query
string in the browser....
It seems strange to me that (1) the browser (internet explorer) sends
an "illegal" query string; and (2) the AllKeys property returns a key
which is null - using a null key to retrieve a value from the
NameValueCollection results in an error of course.
/Peter
Hi,
Then you are playing with fire, just be ready for a var not to be
present, or as in your first post an incorrect QS.
Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:
On Apr 25, 1:01*pm, "Peter" <xdz...@hotmail.comwrote:
Peter Bromberg [C# MVP] wrote:
There needs to be an equals (=) sign after each key name.
Yes indeed. I found that out. But what to do if a user enters the
query string in the browser....
It seems strange to me that (1) the browser (internet explorer)
sends an "illegal" query string; and (2) the AllKeys property
returns a key which is null - using a null key to retrieve a value
from the NameValueCollection results in an error of course.
/Peter
Hi,
Then you are playing with fire, just be ready for a var not to be
present, or as in your first post an incorrect QS.
Yes, thanks, we've fixed our application now.
I guess QueryString interprets "a" and "b" in "localhost?a&b&c=123" as
values which don't have a parameter name.
I thought they'd be interpreted as parameter names which don't have any
values - but that would be "?a=&b=".
I may even use this at some stage if I can't think of a good name for a
parameter and I just want to send some values to my web-app.
Thanks,
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