HTTP_REFERER not working!! HELP!!!

[YvonneTsang]

I am trying to learn how to use HTTP_REFERER properly. I have a basic test site that is using it with the following code.

<%
ThisURL = Request.ServerVariables( &quot;URL&quot; )

PrevURL = Request.ServerVariables(&quot;http_referer&quot



Response.Write( &quot;This URL = &quot; & ThisURL & &quot;<br>&quot
Response.Write( &quot;Prev URL = &quot; & PrevURL & &quot;<br>&quot
%>

The referer is not giving me a value

the results when I go to the page is

This URL = /test.asp
Prev URL =

Can someone help me with this problem?

 

[onpnt]

try this
<%
ThisURL = Request.ServerVariables( &quot;URL&quot; )

PrevURL = request.servervariables(&quot;HTTP_REFERER&quot


Response.Write( &quot;This URL = &quot; & ThisURL & &quot;<br>&quot
Response.Write( &quot;Prev URL = &quot; & PrevURL & &quot;<br>&quot
%>

as you can see I used upper case in the server variable request. A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

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[mwolf00]

Are you using a link to get to the page? If you are typing the name in the address bar, there is no referrer...
-- What did you expect? This is FREE advice. LOL

 

[onpnt]

I should have mentioned also that you should be in the habit of using the correct syntax for everything in your code. I made a error in my post and taht is why I am telling you.
what I'm saying is
this
PrevURL = request.servervariables(&quot;HTTP_REFERER&quot
Is not a good habit to get into, the proper syntax is
PrevURL = Request.ServerVariables(&quot;HTTP_REFERER&quot

Seeing as VBScript is not case sensitive MOST of the time you can and most likely will get away with not caring too much about it, BUT coding conventions are in place for a reason and you should follow them. Sometimes a lower case R can bit you when you least expect it.
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

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[onpnt]

good point mwolf00! A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

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[docjohn52]

In this case Mwolf00 is probably right
unless the server receives the information
it can't forward it.

This is an actual forwarded referer string

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=postal+jeep

They come in for a average of about 1 in ten hits..

John