URL parameters
Hi Can any one could explain me what its mean this values in the URL
https://msoto.quickbase.com/db/bqidanmyc?a=dr&r=c9
a=dr
r=c9
Thanks
https://msoto.quickbase.com/db/bqidanmyc?a=dr&r=c9
a=dr
r=c9
Thanks
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a=dr. This means Action = Display Record
r=c9 this means to display the record c9, but the c9 I think is base 64 encoded.
often you see
&rid=123
that means to act on record ID 123.
When it just says r and not rid, then it expects Base 64 encoding.
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------------------------------- Quick Base is using a proprietary(afaik) base 32 encoding of some sort. The command itself is QB32Encode to find the r when you just have the rid.
Base 64 encode 500 = NTAw
Base 32 encode 500 = GUYDA===
QB32 encode 500 = rw
I assume this is just like a URL friendly version of some type of encoding. But I really have no clue why it was done in this way.
Fun fact(disclaimer: fact may not be fun) I found when messing with this is Quick Base actually does have a limit on the number they will convert using this function and the limit is 5000000000000000000. After 19 numbers it spits out only "-a" as a result.
