How to Retrieve parameter value and append it to a URL

[hm9]

I want to retrieve values from one page and append to a url on the second page. the url link oepn an API page.

The first part works so I can retrieve the value but i cant append the value to the URL so the API search doesnt show any data. it works manually

so pages 1 contains a form with the search paramaeter that is passed to page 2

response.redirect ("page2.aspx?id=" & search.Text & " ")

Page 2

dim intID as String
intID = Request.QueryString("id")
 Response.write(intID) (this is to test it works)
doc.Load("http://api.something.com/1.0/products.xml;q='& Response.write(Request.QueryString("id")&' ;tdCategoryId=163 etc")

so the value of parameter q doesnt not return anything. if I add it manaually on the page q = hotels, it shows data but when I pass the same value via id from page 1, nothing is returned.

so not sure if the syntax is incorrect or something else. any help would be appreciated

Thanks

[NightStalker]

Yes, your syntax is incorrect there. And you already have it in intID, so just re-use it

doc.Load("http://api.something.com/1.0/products.xml?q="& intID &"&CategoryId=163")

Alternatively, you can use String.format. Not sure on the exact VB syntax, but something like this:

doc.Load(String.Format("http://api.something.com/1.0/products.xml?q={0}&tdCategoryId={1}", intID, catId))

I hope this helps