Bill, I think the CGI referer will be blank if they type in the URL manually too.
I am not sure what you are trying to accomplish in your app? If you want to verify on page 2 that someone went to page 1 first, you could log the entry by userreferenceargument and ip address when they are on page 1 in a log table and then on page 2, check for the entry. You could use a cookie, but these are also unreliable. If you are trying to do this for security reasons, keep in mind that it is coming from the users browser, and so I am sure it could be spoofed or changed by a creative user. Troy -----Original Message----- From: Bill Downall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Witango-Talk: Alternative strategy to <CGIPARAM referer>? I have a system in place where I want to know that a browser was directed to this web page from a specific totally different (non-witango) web page. I have been using <@CGIPARAM referer>, but that is coming up blank sometimes. What alternatives do I have? Bill ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf
