variable availability

[charliek]

I can't seem to pass the value of a variable from JavaScript to .asp code on the same page. Is that possible? If the question doesn't make sense or the answer is obvious, please tell me that too. I have been doing server side .asp for a year or more but have just discovered a use for JavaScript.

thanks for helping.
charlie k

[beetle]

Pass it? What do you mean pass it?

You can append data to the query-string so ASP can retrieve it.

[charliek]

thanks, beetle. by "pass it", i mean use it later in the page. for example, if i open a new page using window.open and pass a value after a "?", I want to be able to use that value later in the asp part of the page. I can retrieve it in JavaScript, but can't use it later in the asp part of the same page.

thanks again.
charlie k

[beetle]

Oog, you are confusing me....

Let's say we have this URL

somepage.asp?foo=bar

Okay? Now, ASP + vbscript (I assume) will process this page and send HTML to the browser - presumably based on the content of foo. Once it has done that, ASP is done until another page-request is made (that's clicking on a link to you)

Javascript on said page can access the data as well

So, by saying ASP using it "later" as in "after javascript" makes no sense, because that's impossible.

[charliek]

Beetle

Something you said just jarred me into figuring out the solution. I can merely use the querystring variable in the target page. I had thought that the only way to access those variables passed after the "?" was through JavaScript.

thank you so much. because of your explanation, i understand a little more about what is available when as well.

charlie k