Easy one, Geting my HyperLinks to work properly 1

[Larnoc]

I'm sure this is something ridiculously simple

I'm extracting a web address from a database, slapping it into a table as an Href yadda yadd, basic stuff

The problem being that it always puts the address of the site in front, so it ends up

http://www.TheSite.com/www.WhereIWantToGo.com

as the hyperlink

I'm guessing that this has been set up like this, and helps the rest of the site, but how do I turn it off when I need to ?

I'd dearly love any help on this

 

[vbkris]

<a href=&quot;http://

http://www.WherUwantToGo.com&quot;>Link</a>

ther http is important if the link is not in ur site.

Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[BDC2]

If the web address is stored in the database as

http://www.TheSite.com/www.WhereIWantToGo.com

then you need to strip the first bit off.

To do this, first check the address contains

http://www.TheSite.com,

then strip the URL:

<%
dbURL = &quot;

http://www.TheSite.com/www.WhereIWantToGo.com&quot;

If InStr(dbURL,&quot;/&quot>0 then
LinkURL = RIGHT(dbURL,len(dbURL)-InStr(dbURL,&quot;/&quot)
Else
LinkURL = dbURL
End If
response.write(&quot;<a href='

http://&quot;&LinkURL&&quot;'>&quot;&LinkURL&&quot;</a>&quot;)

%>

If

http://www.TheSite.com

is not stored in the database and is added by the code, you need to delve into the code.

Hope this helps,

BDC.

 

[Tarwn]

As vbkris mentioned, if your not placing an http:// infrom of the address then the browser is going to add the local sitename to the front of the address under the assumption that it is a local address.

If you look at View Source you'll be able to tell if this is the case. View Source will have the address correctly, but when you moiuse over it or try to follow it then it will tack on

http://www.yoursite.com

to the front.

-Tarwn

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[Larnoc]

Brilliant, thanks for that, the Http:// thing worked there, of course it was blatantly obvious, and yes I feel suitable chastised, thank you for the replies

thank you chaps