What is a Querystring?
The web browser has revolutionized computers and the information made available using them. Sometimes using a web browser is as simple as entering “www.somewebsite.com” into the address bar and pressing enter (or clicking the GO button). Many times this will take any computer user where they need to go and nothing further will be needed. Other times, a web surfer may be visiting a search engine when the search query is entered and the web surfer clicks the search button the item in the address bar is no longer very friendly. Consider the following example: To search for Malted Milk Balls on the Internet, using Google, the string “Malted Milk Balls” is entered and the search button is clicked. The address bar changes when the results are returned to display the following: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Malted+Milk+Balls&btnG=Search The portion beyond the last forward slash (/) is referred to as a querystring. A querystring is a URL containing a list of variables which are passed t
