When you sent this message originally, did it include the doubled up URLs (one inside, and one outside the < >)? If so, then that's your problem. If not, what is the error you are getting? Cheers Ken : -----Original Message----- : From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist- : bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Rushton : Sent: Saturday, 24 December 2005 5:02 AM : To: thelist at lists.evolt.org : Subject: [thelist] Using variables with Response.Redirect : : I'm trying to replace a hardcoded string with a variable as follows: : : // THIS WORKS // : private void validate() { : Response.Redirect ("http://www.mysite.com/images/image.gif : <http://www.mysite.com/images/image.gif>", true); : } : : // THIS DOES NOT // : string baseURL = "http://www.mysite.com <http://www.mysite.com>"; : : private void validate() { : Response.Redirect (baseURL + "/images/image.gif", true); : } : : I'm new to ASP.NET ... could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong above?