I want to provide a simple link called from a database but cannot get 
around removing the 'local machine' from the address, this means that when 
the links look like http:\\computer\http:\\www.domain.com. Does anyone 
know of a solution?

Thanks...

I think this is caused by the fact that you are using http:\\. This makes 
the browser not realize it's a full URL including protocol information. 
Therefore, it thinks it's a relative link and appends in to the current 
site. Look in the source and you'll probably just see:

http:\\www.domain.com

Change your database to have your URL's read http:// instead of http:\\ or 
use a replace function at runtime to do the conversion. IMO, it's cleaner 
to solve the problem in the data source, however.

Cheers,

Imar


At 08:12 AM 10/8/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>I want to provide a simple link called from a database but cannot get
>around removing the 'local machine' from the address, this means that when
>the links look like http:\\computer\http:\\www.domain.com. Does anyone
>know of a solution?
>
>Thanks...

can you post some code.

At 08:12 08/10/02 +0000, you wrote:
>I want to provide a simple link called from a database but cannot get
>around removing the 'local machine' from the address, this means that when
>the links look like http:\\computer\http:\\www.domain.com. Does anyone
>know of a solution?
>
>Thanks...
>
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