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DougP

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I want to be able to track UPS packages from our site.
I managed to get the correct URL but I need to add the tracking number from our database.
In my code below I get and error on UPS's web site because it is only passing everything up to the
& <%=RS2(&quot;tracknum&quot;)%>
What is the correct syntax to concatenate a HREF together?

<p><a href=&quot; & <%=RS2(&quot;tracknum&quot;)%> & &quot;&track.x=34&track.y=10&quot;>track me</a></p>
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Also I would like to call this page which is trackups.asp and have it look up the =RS2(&quot;tracknum&quot;) and just go ahead and open the Href without having to click something else.
In other words I just need the HTML code to force my .ASP to open and passs the tracking number too.
TIA DougP, MCP

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Try reading the recordset value into a variable, and then using that, instead of doing it straight from the recordset.

Furthermore, you may with to assign it like this:

urlString = cstr(rs2(&quot;tracknum&quot;)

I have had troubles in the past with trying to do it straight from the recordset.

If that doesn't fix the problem, then you may want to build up the entire url into a variable, just concatenating as you have above, and then do the write of the whole urlString.

If you want your page to redirect automatically, you can use the response.redirect(urlString) method to do that.

If there have been headers written to the page before you call the method, be sure to set your response.buffer = true

good luck! :)
Paul Prewett
 
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Ok I was able to concatenet the whole URL together and prin tht variable so its all one enity now
but...
here's new code with a different error

MyTrack = trim(RS2(&quot;tracknum&quot;))
WholeLInk = &quot; & MyTrack & &quot;&track.x=34&track.y=10&quot;
Response.Write WholeLInk
%>
<p><a href=<WholeLInk>track me</a></p>
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So when I click the link I get this in my URL

which gives the error &quot;Page not found...&quot;

What is the correct sytax for passing a variable to the Href.
This does not work:
<p><a href=<WholeLInk>track me</a></p>
Not does this
<p><a href=<=WholeLInk>track me</a></p>

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<p><a href=<%=WholeLInk%>>track me</a></p>

You only forgot the %'s and one '>' --

Also note that there's no need to response.write the wholeLink variable right after you assign it... only when you are assigning it to the href tags.

hope that clears things up! :)
Paul Prewett
 
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Cool
I also figured this out myself

<%@ Language=VBScript%>
<%response.buffer=true%> <<<<<<<< adding this line from your prevois post above >>>>>>
<html>
<head>
<title>BarcodeONE UPS Tracking Station</title>
</head>

MyTrack = trim(RS2(&quot;tracknum&quot;))
WholeLink = &quot; & MyTrack & &quot;&track.x=34&track.y=10&quot;
Response.Write WholeLink
response.redirect WholeLink <<<<< and using this
%>
</body>
</html>
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So when the page is opened it looks up the tracking number and then open's the UPS tracking page at the same time.
this is too cool.
the reason I &quot;wrote&quot; the 'WholeLink&quot; variable was only to see if it contained the whole string which was my original problem.

here give it a try:

Thanks a bunch &quot;Link9&quot;
how about a Star!!!!
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You might wanna note this, too...

I see that you aren't writing any html at all to the page above. Is that the whole page, or did you just post a fragment???

If you aren't writing ANYTHING to the page, then you don't have to write any html headers to it at all -- only the asp script that is between the <%%>'s --

You won't have to set the response.buffer to true if you do that, and the page, itself, won't even show up in the user's history. So, say, they hit 'Back' -- it will take them to the page before that... completely transparent... you can use that method for login scripts and other such applications

Ever notice that sometimes at some sites, the screen will just go blank, and then you will hear <<click>> and away you go to another page??? That's what they are doing -- redirecting based on browser type, login name, tracking number, whatever --

good luck! :)
Paul Prewett
 
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No that's the whole page. I still have a lot to learn about this HTML and ASP.
your the BEST man!!!
2 Stars is a charm.

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