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Newbie Question -------> How to pass variables to a VBScript

Jun 19th, 2002 12:39
Mark Grimes, Luiz Paulo Rosa, Alex Rosales,

Suppose you have a file named test.asp
You can send in the URL:
   test.asp?var1=test&var2=test2
where var1 and var2 are your variables. 
Notice that you must use '?' after file name and '&' when you have more 
than one variable.
To retrieve data in test.asp script you use Request.QueryString("var1") 
and Request.QueryString("var2")
(Don't forget the 'http://' stuff)
Or you can use a form:
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="test.asp">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="var1">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="var2">
</FORM>
If you use METHOD=POST, you can retrieve data using Request.Form
("var1") and Request.Form("var2"). If you use METHOD=GET, use 
Request.QueryString("var1").
If you are not sure how the data is sent to ASP, simply use Request
("var1") and Request("var2"). Works in both ways (GET and POST).
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Also, you could use session variables.  For example:
page1.asp:
<%
session("var1") = "foo"
session("var2") = "bar"
%>
page2.asp:
<%
var1 = session("var1")
var2 = session("var2")
%>
This is particularly usefull if you want to use the variables on 
several different pages (instead of explicitly having to pass them each 
time).