General Question about Response.Redirect

[Rexolio]

I've seen a Response.Redirect written 2 different ways...

ONE:

Response.Redirect ("redirectpage.asp&quot

TWO:

Response.Redirect "redirectpage.asp"
Response.end

What's the difference? Which one is better to use? Does it matter?

 

[derren]

Hi

Not much, they both do the same thing. The function using brackets is nice because you can then construct a string within those brackets and it all looks contained.

response.redirect("newpage.asp?urlparam=" & yourvar)

I try to always use the response.end so that if the response.redirect doesn't work it stops processing the page. That way you can write "If you have not been redirected in 15 seconds follow this link" etc before the redirect, and handle incompatable browsers courteously. Derren
[The only person in the world to like Word]

 

[Ovatvvon]

Both ways will redirect you appropriately. Using the parenthesis will help you, the programmer, sort it a little better within the code, but both ways will work.

The response.end has nothing to do with the response.redirect. Response.end will stop the page from being processed and therefore will not send any more data to the user...

<%
Response.write(&quot;1<BR>&quot
Response.write(&quot;2<BR>&quot
Response.write(&quot;3<BR>&quot

Response.End

Response.write(&quot;4<BR>&quot
Response.write(&quot;5<BR>&quot
%>

Your output on the page would be...

-----------
1
2
3

------------------


4 and 5 will not be written to the client because the response object would stop once the server runs across the response.end command.

Hope this helps... -Ovatvvon :-Q

 

[Rexolio]

cool. thanks a bunch!

 

[Ovatvvon]

heh, derren was quicker on the click (to submit) -Ovatvvon :-Q