Query string after the domain name

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I am trying to add a query string at the end of URL for a hyperlink control as follows ``` HyperLink testLink = new HyperLink(); testLink.NavigateUrl = "http://www.example.com" + "?siteId=asd343s32kj343dce"; ``` But when this is rendered in the browser it is displaying as `http://www.example.com/?siteId=asd343s32kj343dce` (`/` char after the `.com`). And if the `testLink.NavigateUrl = "http://www.example.com/abc.aspx" + "?siteId=asd343s32kj343dce";` Then the link is rendered correctly as `http://www.abcd.com/abc.aspx?siteId=asd343s32kj343dce` (No extra characters). Am I missing any thing? Please advice. Thank you, Krishna.

Accepted Answer

The browser is correcting the URL for you by assuming that there should be a slash after the domain name. You might run into problems with browsers that doesn't do this, so you should correct the URL to:

```
testLink.NavigateUrl = "http://www.abcd.com/" + "?siteId=asd343s32kj343dce";
```

The reason that the slash should be after the domain name is that the domain name itself can not be a resource. The domain name just specifies the web site, the URL has to have something that specifies a resource on that site, and the slash specifies the default page in the root folder of the site.

Query string after the domain name

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