Question

Im using TWIKI 04 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 build 8740.

I want to use a HTML form that returns to the calling page including one URL parameter, like this:

<form method=\"post\" action=\"%SCRIPTURLPATH{view}%/%INCLUDINGWEB%/%INCLUDINGTOPIC%?index=%URLPARAM{\"index\"}%\"...

If I do this, I will see the correct URL, including the parameter index e.g.

.../MyTopic?index=1234

in the browsers link field. But inside the page the

%URLPARAM{"index"}

is not set to 1234. If I go and just call the page agian by hitting return on the link field in my webbrowser everything is fine, however. Where is my mistake?

Environment

-- AndyThiel - 05 Feb 2007

Answer

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This here should work:

<form method="post" action="%SCRIPTURLPATH{view}%/%INCLUDINGWEB%/%INCLUDINGTOPIC%">
<input type="hidden" name="index" value="%URLPARAM{"index"}%" />
<input type="text" name="something_visible" value="" />
</form>

-- PeterThoeny - 05 Feb 2007

Hi Peter thanks for the quick answer, it works perfect! Is there any place in documentation where I'm supposed to find things like this? Anyhow, I still like to have the

<form method=\"post\" action=\"%SCRIPTURLPATH{view}%/%INCLUDINGWEB%/%INCLUDINGTOPIC%?index=%URLPARAM{\"index\"}%\"...

-- AndyThiel - 05 Feb 2007

Just one last question: Is there any way to achieve the same using save instead of view CGI script? I want to use the beforeSaveHandler in Plugins, but after save the page including the ?index=1234 parameter shall be displayed. Do I need to use the new redirectto option of save?

-- AndyThiel - 05 Feb 2007

Along these lines, I am trying to pass get parameters to a redirect URL. Example: When I click on a form button, I want the action performed and then a redirect to "NewTwikiURL?param=value". What happens now is the extra parameters are URL encoded and TWiki tries to make a new topic with all that stuff in it versus passing the parameters as actual parameters to the redirectto topic.

-- JasonLuttgens - 20 Feb 2007

Set the redirectto parameter to the entire url to bypass the encoding like this:

redirectto="%SCRIPTURL{view}%/%WEB%/YourTopicName?param=value"

-- DewayneVanHoozer - 03 Aug 2007

Closing; seems to be answered.

-- PeterThoeny - 02 Dec 2007