How to add Query String values to different links in HTML

[Stan Zh]

These two questions may be basic but I am not familiar with java and they are problem for me. I appreciate you help. I am trying to extract values from the Query String (using java below) and add different values to different links in my HTML code. The script that generates the Query String is obviously inconsistent and sometimes is using “&” as delimiter and sometimes “&”...

[code] http://powerpoint-to-flash.sminteriors.net/download-powerpoint-to-flash.shtml?userdir=dc2939cbab8315998ece18d0ad0d266c&action=download&path=/users/dc2939cbab8315998ece18d0ad0d266c/&file=ppt2flash2.20090802-1421.swf [code]

Therefore, I need to resolve two things:

1) How to tell my little java applet to use either “&” OR “&” when splitting values?
--------------------------------------------------
[code] <script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function querySt(ji) {
hu = window.location.search.substring(1);
gy = hu.split("&");
for (i=0;i<gy.length;i++) {
ft = gy[i].split("=");
if (ft[0] == ji) {
return ft[1];
}
}
}
var ud = querySt("userdir");
var act = querySt("action");
var pt = querySt("path");
var fl = querySt("file");

-->
</script> [code]

2) How to incorporate those values in different links in my HTML for example (I know it doesn’t work):
[code] a href="/cgi-bin/script.cgi?document.write(act)" title="something">your ZIP file <javascript:document.write(fl);> (<!--#fsize file="uploads/document.write(pt+fl);"-->) [code]

Thank you for your time,
Stan

[Bear Bibeault]

Stan Zh, please check your private messages for an important administrative matter.

[Bear Bibeault]

That's not Java, that's JavaScript. They have no relationship.

Moved to the HTML/JavaSript forum.

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[Bear Bibeault]

OK, you've shown us some code that isn't making much sense. How about you describe what you are trying to do, rather than how you are trying to do it.

[Stan Zh]

Bear Bibeault wrote:OK, you've shown us some code that isn't making much sense. How about you describe what you are trying to do, rather than how you are trying to do it.

Thank you for your quick response. I thought I described what I am trying to do in my 3rd sentence starting from the very beginning... I could clarify if it is not clear... I am trying to extract values from a Quesry String (included in the posting) which works 50% because thescript that generates the Quesry string obviously for some reason (may be typo or whatever) is using "&" and "&amp;" to separate values. So instead of asking author of that script to correct is which may take too much time i decided it might be easier to find out how to tell the javascript to use both or either "&" and "amp;" to split those values from the Query String.

Once I get those values I need to incorporate different values in different links in my HTML code but I have never done it before and I do not know how to do that...

These are the two problems I need to resolve.

Thanks
Stan

[Bear Bibeault]

Did you read my private message as instructed?

[Stan Zh]

Bear Bibeault wrote:OK, you've shown us some code that isn't making much sense. How about you describe what you are trying to do, rather than how you are trying to do it.

I see now reading forum post one can not see that delimiters are different and not consistent in the Query String... May be if one click the link will see in the browser path the difference - it is "&" and &---a-m-p-: (the difference is displayed on the forum post preview but not in the actual post

[Bear Bibeault]

OK, I can see you're not very familiar with HTML entities so I went into you post and fixed it up so that your &amp; text doesn't change to just &. That makes things easier to understand.

For the &amp; issues, band-aiding them in your code is clearly the wrong way to approach the problem. Getting them fixed at the source is the real issue.

But in the meantime, why not just do a simple string substitution of &amp; with &?

[Bear Bibeault]

Read and respond to my private message before posting again. Otherwise, you may find your account removed.

[Stan Zh]

Bear Bibeault wrote:OK, I can see you're not very familiar with HTML entities so I went into you post and fixed it up so that your &amp; text doesn't change to just &. That makes things easier to understand.

For the &amp; issues, band-aiding them in your code is clearly the wrong way to approach the problem. Getting them fixed at the source is the real issue.

But in the meantime, why not just do a simple string substitution of &amp; with &?

Because when I substitute it - I get only values that are preceded with &amp; and the rest are ignored and marked as undefined