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  1. Aug 5th, 2002, 08:46 AM #1
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    What do you call the stuff after the ? in a URL?

    Hi,
    Is there a proper term for the commands(?) following the question mark in a URL?

    e.g. http://vbforums.com/newthread.php?s=&action=newthread&forumid=4

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    Thanks for the reply.
    So QueryString isn't an ASP specific term.
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    Well, specifically, you can use the QueryString collection of the Response object to get the querystring for the page. For example, Request.QueryString.Item("action") would return "newthread" in your example.

    Or, you could just use Request.QueryString, which would return the string "s=&action=newthread&forumid=4" in your example.
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    the official W3C term is query.
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