Carrying hyperlink text to new page as a variable

Hello,

I would like to have a hyperlink, as such:

<a href="target_page.cfm>Linktopage</a>

And once the user clicks on it and gets to target_page.cfm, there's a variable available (say, variable "x") that equals the string "Linktopage".

So, x = Linktopage


My reasoning is because I will have a list of members on my website (their user names). People can click a member's user name, and it will take the person to "member_page.cfm". If I pass this variable, I can write code so CF can pull the information from my database for user = #x#. This will allow me to not have to create an individual member page for every member of my website.

I'm thinking there's probably an easy java script for this.

Thanks!

 

I got it...

List of members pages page:

Members:

<cfquery name="members" datasource="mydatabase">
SELECT *
FROM TBLUSER
</cfquery>
<cfoutput>
<a href="member_page.cfm?page=#members.USER_NAME_NAME#">#members.USER_NAME_NAME#</a>
</cfoutput>

Code (markup):

Member_page.cfm:

<cfset x ="#URL.page#">

<cfquery name="member_info" datasource="mydatabase">
SELECT *
FROM TBLUSER
WHERE USER_NAME_NAME = '#x#'
</cfquery>

Code (markup):