query strings in javascript

how do i retrieve parameters in html from a link such as: http://mysite.com/?param=1
does anyone know how to retrieve that information in javascript?

You could try something like this -

function blah() {
linkquery=location.href.split("?");
query=linkquery[1]
}

Think that should work?

'query' is the text after the '?', so then you can do what you want with it...

how would i display what is after the ?param=