passing variables between pages

**dougancil** · Sep 1 '11, 06:01 PM

I am trying to pass a variable between two web pages, and this doesn't work consistently. I have the following code in my main page:

Code:

   <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Firstlisting" SortExpression="Firstlisting"> 
    <ItemTemplate> 
        <asp:HyperLink ID="Firstlisting" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Firstlisting") %>' 
             NavigateUrl='<%# String.Format("\website1\Default3.aspx?firstlisting={0}", Eval("Firstlisting")) %>' /> 
    </ItemTemplate> 
</asp:TemplateField>

and this is what I have on the receiving page:

Code:

   <SelectParameters>
    <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="firstlisting" QueryStringField="firstlisting" 
                    Type="String" />
            </SelectParameters>

This is supposed to just pass the parameters to the web resulting web page, which then sends those values to a sql stored procedure. I've tried sending this in a string to that page, and it works part of the time and not on other times. What am I doing wrong?