Re: Where request came from/referrer

UrlRefer is filled in by the browser and optional. Many proxy servers will
strip it for security reasons, I expect most browsers will all stop
supporting it. if your want to know where in your site a link came from, add
a url parameter to it.

http://mysite/somepage.aspx?source=login


-- bruce (sqlwork.com)







"Sega" <Sega@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:61AAB24D-8D4B-48C4-B7C8-EBB2733039DC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am trying to find where my user came from - in particular whether they
came
from our application login on our own site or whether they came by keying
the
url directly without going through our login.

Currently I am using the following code, but would be happy to change to
something more effective.
Dim MyUrl As Uri = Request.UrlReferrer
If MyUrl Is Nothing Then
gvMyUrl = "nothing"
Else
gvMyUrl = MyUrl.ToString
End If


No matter how the user comes to my app I am getting "nothing". That is to
be expected if keying the URL directly. When using the logon I am still
getting nothing. Is that because it is coming from a secure site (the
logon)
to my app which is not on a secure site?

Any ideas how to get this "where from" info.

Thanks for any help I can get. I am desperate to solve this and not
really
experienced in this area.



.

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