ALSO CALLED: Database Query Tools and Ad Hoc Query Tools DEFINITION: A querystring is a set of characters input to a computer or Web browser and sent to a query program to recover specific information from a database. On the Internet, a querystring (also called an HTTP querystring) is part of the set of characters automatically input in the address
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QUERY TOOLS DEFINITION (continued): … bar of a dynamic Web site when a user makes a request for information according to certain criteria.
In a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), the querystring follows a separating character, usually a question mark (?). Identifying data appears after this separating symbol. For example, consider the following URL:
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