the ? is part of the standard HTTP Get syntax it indicates that whatever follows are parameters that are being supplied as part of the request.
the URL structure for the rest of your post is common in "single page" applications such as Rainbow, DotNetNuke and the MS Community Starter Kit. The web application interprets the entire URL and dynamically creates the contents of the page. This allows for data driven web sites that can be fairly complex, but can be maintained with no or little coding (once the framework is built). Check out the Free Portals link on http://www.learnasp.com/learnasp/ for more info on these kind of apps. On Apr 7, 2005 4:09 PM, ltrane923 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am semi new to asp.net and am seeing some code in a web site (from > view source in the browser, not the actual physical page) that I > haven't seen before. > > 1) What is the significance of the ? are they making a query to a data > base or another asp.net page to use as an include? > > <a href="channel_main.asp?channel_id=1"> Menu item 1</a> > Here' s the web site where I saw that. > http://www.healthontario.com > > Also, on another WEb site their menu items are like this > <a href="/company/mytabID__3331/Default.aspx" > class="LeftNavLink">Topic A</a> > <a href="/company/mytabID__3327/Default.aspx" > class="LeftNavLink">Topic B</a> > <a href="/company/mytabID__3335/Default.aspx" > class="LeftNavLink">Topic C</a> > > It seems really strange that every page would be named Default. > Could there be anything else going on? > > Thanks > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > -- Dean Fiala Very Practical Software, Inc http://www.vpsw.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AspNetAnyQuestionIsOk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
