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Asked: 2026-05-11T20:30:16+00:00

I have a detail page that gets called from various places and has a

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I have a detail page that gets called from various places and has a nice readable url like

“www.mypage.com/product/best-product-ever”.

The calling pages (list of products) have a more complex url like:

“www.mypage.com/offers/category/electronic/page/1/filter/manufacturer/sony/sort/price” and

“www.mypage.com/bestseller/this-week”.

How can I make a backlink from the detailpage to the calling product list?

  • I cannot use javascript
  • I don’t want to have the calling page in the URL, because it gets to long
  • I really want links between pages, no http-post
  • I cannot use Sessionstate

EDIT:
Sessionstate is ruled out, because if there are 2 Windows open, then they would share the same “Back” page information.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Like Lee said, use the referrer value:

    <a href="<%= Html.Encode(Request.UrlReferrer.ToString()) %>">Back</a>

    If you don’t want the URL in the link because it’s too long, try running some sort of simple compression algorithm over the URL, display the compressed data as unicode text and then append the compressed URL as a parameter to a redirect page, e.g:

    <a href="Redirect.aspx?u=compressed_url_goes_here">Back</a>
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