Problem with URL Anchors and Autocomplete

[John Fetherolf]

I am seeing an issue when trying to manually auto-complete a combobox on a page that has an anchor in the URL

My url is like EditOrder.aspx?o=10000#editedItem

In my page I have a method:

        protected int GetQueryStringID(string qryParam) {
            int retVal = 0;

            if(Request.QueryString[qryParam] == null || Int32.TryParse(Request.QueryString[qryParam], out retVal) == false)
                retVal = 0;

            return retVal;
        }

From a java script call in a Rad Combobox I am

//  Force the server-side populate once the combobox is fully opened.
function OnItemNumberOpened(sender, eventArgs) {
    var cb = sender;
    cb.requestItems(cb.get_text(), false);
}

When this call happens Request.QueryString["o"] = "10000#" causing the page to fail.  Other Ajax calls on this page are working just fine.  I have worked around it by stripping off everything after the "#", but I was just wondering if this was a know issue with the ComboBox control and if it would be fixed in an upcoming release?

Using IE7 BTW.

Thanks,
Kevin M. Betts
Web Developer
Kimball Midwest

[Simon]

Hi John Fetherolf,

Can you describe how the page fails in this case? Do you expect to receive the whole query string with the '#xxx' ending and does the ItemsRequested event handler logic depend on this value?

Best wishes,
Simon
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[John Fetherolf]

It fails because Int32.TryParse() chokes on the "#". 

I am specifically trying to pull an integer value out of the query string parameter.  In most instances the Request.QueryParams["o"] would only return the "10000" not "10000#".  I had to put in extra code into GetQueryStringID() to strip off everything after and including the "#".

In other words, I think the control is incorrectly sending the "#" through to the AJAX request on the postback.  As I undertand it anchors on the URL should only be a browser thing, and shouldn't be seen by the server-side code.

Thanks,
Kevin M. Betts
Web Developer
Kimball Midwest

[Simon]

Hi John,

Thank you for clarifying.

Indeed this is a bug and I logged it in our bug-tracking system as well as updated your Telerik points for reporting it.

All the best,
Simon
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