How do I get the URL of the current page?

[gdrenfrew]

I'm trying to use the URL of pages in a javascript include file. The URL is matched to another string and is therefore case-sensitive.

I've been using Request.ServerVariables("URL&quot to get the url, but I've found that the url string changes depending on the link that was followed to get to the page.

Is there an object I can reference which holds the "true" URL of the page, not the one that was followed to get to the current page?

Failing that, can I turn off casesensitivity in javascript(!)?

Thanks
Graeme
UK

 

[MrGreed]

Use: document.URL;

MrGreed

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[gdrenfrew]

document.URL says "undefined". Document.URLUencoded returns the contents of the querystring (which I don't want).

 

[gdrenfrew]

I'll use document.location.pathname

Thanks

 

[gdrenfrew]

That doesn't really work either.

If my asp page is in /Project1/Pages/myPage1.asp
and i link to it via response.redirect "/prOjEct1/pAges/myPage1.asp", that rather weird looking string becomes the document.location.pathname and document.URL too.

Can I find out what directory path my file is in (and there use the directory's location string)?

I guess I could go thru all the pages which link to my page and ensure they refer to the url in the correct case...

Thanks

 

[Mr3Putt]

here's a bit of code to spill out all the server variables available to ASP... check them out, and you'll find the variable you're after:

<!-- Show all server variables -->
<table border=&quot;1&quot;>
  <tr>
    <th>Server Variable</th>
    <th>Value</th>
  </tr>
<%For Each Item In Request.ServerVariables 
  if left(Item, 3) <> &quot;ALL&quot; then%> 
  <tr>
    <td><%= Item %></td>
    <td><%= Request.ServerVariables(Item) %></td>
  </tr>
  <%end if
Next%>
</table>

 

[Mr3Putt]

Also, is the case vitally important, do you have pages or directories named like "PaGe.htm" and "pAgE.htm"?, or is it just failing in your comparisons due to typing inconsistencies...?

Why not use

LCase(varURL)

(in vbscript) to get it in all-lowercase,

or, in javascript,

varURL.toLowerCase