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    Angry

    Hi,

    I'm trying to find the referring URL.

    For example:

    If you came from www.someplace.com,
    I could load a specific page for the user.

    I've tried using
    Code:
    request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
    but it's not working. It's showing up as blank.

    I've also tried appending ?from=CompanyWebsite
    and using request.querystring to load the page that way
    and I cannot get it to work.

    I'm using a webclass to do this. I'm putting my code
    in the Private Sub WebClass_Start() event.

    Are there other ways of finding the referring URL besides
    the two methods I tried?

    Thank you in advance!


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    Talking Forget it!!

    I finally figured it out!!!

    HTTP_REFERER does not work in a webclass. I found that out
    the hard way.

    What I was trying to do is pass a parameter in the
    query string. This is how I had set the parameter:
    Code:
    <a href = "http://www.MyWebClass.com?From=XYZ">Click Here</a>
    The problem with that, is that I could not pick up the
    query string variable from my webclass. Because in order
    to do that the ASP page has to be referenced. When you clicked that link, the URL on my webclass site looked like
    this:
    When I tried using:
    Code:
    strReferrer = request.queryString("From")
    strReferrer was showing up blank because the wc.asp was not
    being referenced.

    What I ended up doing was creating the parameter like this
    instead:

    Code:
    <a href = "http://www.MyWebClass.com/wc.asp?From=XYZ">Click Here</a>
    Then I was able to pick up the query string variable just
    fine.

    Anyway, I hope this helps someone in the future....
    I am so happy now, I could SCREAM!!!!

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