AGGGHHH session's

[Ianpbaker]

Hi Guys and Gals

I Have an ASP page that takes about 20 different values from a Query string. I grab them all into one container as follows

Dim Params
Set Params = Request.Querystring

I Then store the object in the session using
session("Ihatethissession") = Params

The problem is that when I use another page and try to retrieve this Object I can't get to the values.

Iv'e tried the following with no success

Dim Getparams

Set Params = session("Ihatethissession")

or

Dim Getparams

Set Params = Request.Querystring
Params = session("Ihatethissession")

When I try to retrieve a value using params("myvalue")
It keeps on saying a type missmatch

If any one can help

Most appreciated

Ian

[Mark Sreeves]

Ian

It looks a though the QueryString is treated as a normal string once it has been put in a session variable


I expect you've beat me to it but I've just knocked up a function to return the required section of a string

function getRequest(Qstring,section)
	dim strTemp
	dim i
	i = instr(Qstring,section)
	if i > 0 then
		strTemp = Mid(Params,i + len(section)+1 )
		i = instr(strTemp,"&")
		if i > 0 then
			strTemp = left(strTemp,i-1)
		end if
	end if

	getRequest = strTemp
end function

[Ianpbaker]

Cheers Mark

I didn't even think about the easy option that it got turned into normal string again.

Once again thanks.

Ian

[Ianpbaker]

Hi again Mark

Just for information, I did use your code because I couldn't be bothered to write it myself. If you need to use it for yourself, I would change this :

i = instr(Qstring,section)
if i > 0 then
strTemp = Mid(Params,i + len(section)+1 )

to
i = instr(Qstring, "&" & section & "=")
if i > 0 then
strTemp = Mid(Qstring,i + len(section) + 2)

It removes any errors when there are lots of variables that are simular

Cheers

Ian

[Mark Sreeves]

That's a good point Ian

Also I rather embarisingly left "Params" in the code which I was using before I split it off into a function!

[Ianpbaker]

No worries