passing and retrieving variable

[Bamarama]

Hey gang. THis may be asked somewhere before, but I couldn't find it.

I am trying to pass a variable that is defined in a sql statement, to a
window.open page. I am not having any luck in being able to do this. Here is
what I have.
Oh, using asp, not php.

varida is the variable I am trying to pass. Normally, with a regular
querystring, it passes as ?id=<%=varida%>
but that doesn't give me the results.
so i have tried

function newwindow()
{
window.open('[URL unfurl="true"]http://mysite/edit_email.asp?id="[/URL] + varida + 
"','jav','width=300,height=300,resizable=yes,titlebar=no,toolbar=no');
}

and

function newwindow()
{
window.open('[URL unfurl="true"]http://mysite/edit_email.asp?id="[/URL] + <%=varida%> + 
"','jav','width=300,height=300,resizable=yes,titlebar=no,toolbar=no');
}

and

function newwindow()
{
window.open('[URL unfurl="true"]http://mysite/edit_email.asp?id="<%=varida%>"','jav','width=300,height=300,resizable=yes,titlebar=no,toolbar=no');[/URL]
}

none of the above will pass the variable.

can someone help me out here please??


much thanks

i also have this in the link part
<a HREF="javascript:newwindow('<%=varida%>')">


now when I hover the mouse, it does show the id in the status bar. so that
part is working.

is there a different way of retrieving a querystring other than

userid = request.querystring("id")

maybe that's the problem

 

[Diancecht]

What actual javascript do you get after server side transformation of the JSP?

Cheers,
Dian

 

[Bamarama]

It actually pulls the first ID from the database table, instead of the one I am clicking on.

i think that is what you are aking

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Your quote ordering looks off. Try this:

function newwindow() {
	window.open('[URL unfurl="true"]http://mysite/edit_email.asp?id=<%=varida%>',[/URL] 'jav', 'width=300,height=300,resizable=yes');
}

If your server-side variable "varida" has spaces or other non-URL characters (or single quotes, for that reason), you would need to escape it server-side first.

Hope this helps,
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[monksnake]

Since you are passing varida into the function newwindow, why use that parameter?

This is what you have:

<a HREF="javascript:newwindow('<%=varida%>')">

Make newwindow this:

function newwindow([!]passedVarida[/!])
{
window.open('[URL unfurl="true"]http://mysite/edit_email.asp?id='[/URL] + passedVarida + ','jav','width=300,height=300,resizable=yes,titlebar=no,toolbar=no');
}

Do that, or use BRPS's code.


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[Bamarama]

ok, i got it... here is what i did.

on the actual link, i put

<a href="javascript:openWindow('edit_email.asp?id=<%=varida%>')">

then i have this as the script

<script language="JavaScript"> 
<!-- 
function openWindow(url, name)
 { 
popupWin = window.open(url, name, 'scrollbars,resizable,width=300,height=300,left=400,top=200'); 
}// --> 
</script>

and it is working now..

thanks for the replies and ideas