Help removing special character(s) from url variable

[doublestack]

I am calling a variable from an aspx page (LOGON_USER) into a url and need to remove the special character "\" so the user can be logged in correctly.

I am using:

<script type="text/javascript">
location.replace("http://testsite.com:1001/forms/html/testinstance.html?vsuccess=" + "<%=Request.ServerVariables["LOGON_USER"]%>","iframe1");
</script>
 
 

It pulls the information correctly but I would like to remove the domain and \ from the url. Eg: currently (acct01\sams), would like (sams) or (acct01sams)

Thanks!

[Dormilich]

I see no backslash in the url... (a single backslash will automaticly escape the following character or insert the appropriate special character)

[doublestack]

The backslash is in the server variable that is called in the URL (LOGON_USER)
The variable (LOGON_USER) = acct...\.... based on the user accessing this page.
Eg: http://testsite.com:1001/forms/html/...ss=acct01\sams

In IE, it replaces the backslash with a square and removes the first s...like this:

http://testsite.com:1001/forms/html/testinstance.html?vsuccess=acct01ams

I need to know how to remove that and/or the whole "acct01\" part. Thanks!

[Dormilich]

@doublestack
that's because \s is a special char. before you pass the variable you need to escape the backslash (you'll probably need to do that on the server).

[doublestack]

Is there any other methods of removing/parsing this out, without having to do it on the server side? Was hoping for a possible JavaScript or similar solution

[Dormilich]

the problem is, once you're in Javascript, the string is already parsed. so there's actually no way to alter the original string in Javascript.

[doublestack]

I am pulling the data from a wss site using designer on a custom aspx page...since I am only using javascript to redirect the page to a new url using that variable, would it be possible to parse it first? Thanks for your help on this!

[Dormilich]

I don't see any possibility in JS. when you print out the url through ASP you certainly need to urlencode it.

[doublestack]

Ok, how would I go about doing that before redirecting the page?

[Dormilich]

that depends on how you compose the URL.

[doublestack]

Using the example url I gave previously:

("http://testsite.com:1001/forms/html/testinstance.html?vsuccess=" + "<%=Request.ServerVariables["LOGON_USER"]%>","iframe1"); 
 

What would be the best way to parse/encode that special character out of the server variable...a little new to this so any suggestions/examples would be appreciated.

[Dormilich]

because I have no idea of ASP I can't tell, but there should be a method/function that does that. (I could be of help if it were PHP...)

[doublestack]

PHP has to be done server side to work right?

[Dormilich]

@doublestack
yes, as does ASP.

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[doublestack]

Thanks for your input and time!