posting variables in URL - noob question 2

[Hondy]

Hi

Whats the easiest way to populate a form with a variable passed from a URL?

Is there a way to so that a field called "affiliate" on a form can be prepopulated by a link? I see this is basic stuff but I wondered do you have to have the field as a variable within the code then or can you just make the text appear in the field some other way without changing the forms code?

Thanks!

 

[BigRed1212]

If your user is clicking on a link on one page to take them to a form on another, and you then you wish to prepopulate a form field on the new page based on the page the user came from, you might be able to so it with http_referer.

Try this: (somebody will correct me if I have it wrong)

<title>Second Page</title>
<form action="some action">
Affiliate: <input type="text" name="affiliate" value=
<%
PreviousPage = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
Response.Write PreviousPage
%>
style="width:400px;">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

HTH.

 

[Hondy]

ah i see, so you mean a webmaster who owns a domain, ok - that gives me an idea

Thanks!

 

[wvdba]

this is the url that is written on the first page (link)
the link takes user to a new page called newpage.asp


strHTML = strHTML & "<td>" & "<a href=" & chr(34) & "newpage.asp?email=" & _
email & _
"&model=" & model & _
"&full_name=" & full_name & _
chr(34) & ">" & _
email & "</td>"

response.write strhtml




on the new page, this will get the items passed from the url string.


email = request.querystring("email")

model = request.querystring("model")

 

[Hondy]

thanks wvbda!