[thelist] Tough querystring problem!
Brian Delaney
brian.delaney at mccmh.net
Wed Mar 16 10:56:09 CST 2005
I went with option #1. I pretty much did exactly as stated and now I
capture the option,start,end as well as sort
arguments.
Thanks for the help!
Mark Marlow wrote:
>To paraphrase your requirement:
>
>Main page opens report page in new window by passing a date argument.
>Report page is displayed.
>User clicks hyperlinks in column heading to request a sorted report page.
>
>Solution 1:
>Append any data required for page to refresh to the hyperlinks used to sort
>during ASP processing. E.g.
>Href="report.asp?sortdir=asc&sortcol=company&date=010105&option=x&start=y&en
>d=z". Any variables in the get string will be available on the server side.
>
>Solution 2:
>Keep values in hidden form variables during ASP processing. A javascript
>method called from each columns <a
>href="javascript:sort('sales','up')">+</a> would have parameters to indicate
>the column and direction. The sort() function would update a pair of hidden
>variables "SortColumn" "SortDirection" appropriately, then call the form's
>submit method. Any data stored in the hidden variables will be available on
>the Server side.
>
>Solution 2 involves client side scripting, thus is a bit more risky. Keep
>in mind that depending on the values of the arguments you pass around, you
>might have to URL encode them.
>- Mark
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