SID-00575: How to pass parameters to a page when linking to it

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.0	Perl version:	ActivePERL 5.8.8
Category:	CategoryMissingFunctionality	Server OS:	Windows Server 2003	Last update:	16 years ago

I have a Wiki with a number of identical pages, and I use the include function to simplify it, roughly:

 %INCLUDE{ "StdQueryPage" CUST="abc" VENDOR="def"}% 

The pages are just a number of database queries, so I really don't need to have unique pages for each of them. Is there a way to pass parameters to the standard page such that all of the calling links can call a single page with parameters? I've tried something like

 [[%WEB%/StdQueryPage?CUST=abc;VENDOR=def][Query Page]] 

but the linked page doesn't seem to take the parameters. (Actually, a

 %QUERYSTRING% 

 %CUST% 

I'm guessing that I'm missing something simple, but I've checked the documentation as well as the support topics and haven't found anything yet. Is there a way to accomplish this?

Thanks for any help!

-- DaveBartolini - 2009-10-16

Discussion and Answer

Link like this:

[[%SCRIPTURL{view}%/%WEB%/StdQueryPage?CUST=abc;VENDOR=def][Query Page]]

More at VarSCRIPTURL.

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-10-16

Thanks for the quick reply Peter, but that didn't solve my issue.

Here is the link that I have on the calling page:

 [[%SCRIPTURL{view}%/%WEB%/TestQuery?CUST=ABC][Query]] 

Here is the source of the TestQuery page. The first line is really the one that I'm looking to get working. My hope is to have ABC substitute for %CUST%. The other 4 lines are just debug:

 ---+ %CUST% Closed Issues

URLPARAM{"CUST"} %URLPARAM{"CUST"}%

URLPARAM{"%CUST%"} %URLPARAM{"%CUST%"}%

QUERYSTRING: %QUERYSTRING%

QUERYPARAMS: %QUERYPARAMS%

And, here is the output (minus the text formatting):

 %CUST% Closed Issues

URLPARAM{"CUST"} ABC

URLPARAM{"%CUST%"}

QUERYSTRING: CUST=ABC

QUERYPARAMS: CUST=ABC

Is there any way that I can have the passed parameter substitute itself for the %CUST% variable on the TestQuery page?

NOTE: if I create a page that has this source:

 %INCLUDE{ "TestQuery" CUST = "ABC"}% 

I get the hoped for output:

 ABC Closed Issues

URLPARAM{"CUST"}

URLPARAM{"ABC"}

QUERYSTRING:

QUERYPARAMS:

Thanks again.

Dave B.

-- DaveBartolini - 2009-10-18

Don't mix %VARIABLES% and %URLPARAM{}%. Use either a %INCLUDE{}% with parameters that turn into %VARIABLES%, or point to a page with URL parameters using %URLPARAM{}% only.

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-10-18

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