Trying to get a querystring variable with an ashx - asp.net

Question

I have been trying to sort this out all day with lots of Googling but with little effect so thanks in advance if you read and are able to help.
I have a simple page which allows a user to select files and upload to an Amazon bucket, the first page looks like this:
var checkError = false;
$(window).load(
function () {
$("#<%=FileImages.ClientID %>").fileUpload({
'fileSizeLimit': '100MB',
'uploader': 'scripts/uploader.swf',
'cancelImg': 'images/cancel.png',
'buttonText': 'Upload Files',
'script': 'UploadVB.ashx?gid=56',
'folder': 'uploads',
'multi': true,
'auto': true,
'onAllComplete': function (uploads) {
if (!checkError) {
location.href = "finished";
}
},
'onComplete': function (event, ID, fileObj, response, data) {
if (200 != parseInt(response)) {
checkError = true;
$('#FileImages' + ID).addClass('uploadifyError');
$('#FileImages' + ID + ' .percentage').text(' - ' + response);
return false;
}
}
});
}
);
Note the gid=56. It then sends the files over to UploadVB.ashx and this looks like this:
Public Sub ProcessRequest(ByVal context As HttpContext) Implements IHttpHandler.ProcessRequest
Dim awsRegion As Amazon.RegionEndpoint = Amazon.RegionEndpoint.EUWest1
Dim client As New AmazonS3Client(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("AWSAccessKey").ToString(), System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("AWSSecretKey").ToString(), awsRegion)
Dim fileID As String = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")
Dim postedFile As HttpPostedFile = context.Request.Files("Filedata")
Dim galleryid = context.Request.QueryString("gid")
Try
Dim filename As String = Path.GetFileName(postedFile.FileName)
'### I WANT TO SUBMIT THE FILENAME AND ID INTO A TABLE HERE ######
AddPortfolioPhoto(filename, Convert.ToInt16(galleryid))
'#################################################################
Dim S3_KEY As [String] = filename.Replace(" ", "")
Dim request As New PutObjectRequest()
With request
.BucketName = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("AWSBucketName").ToString()
.Key = S3_KEY
.InputStream = postedFile.InputStream
End With
client.PutObject(request)
context.Response.Write("200")
context.Response.StatusCode = 200
Catch ex As Exception
context.Response.Write("AWS ERROR :: " + ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
Public ReadOnly Property IsReusable() As Boolean Implements IHttpHandler.IsReusable
Get
Return False
End Get
End Property
Every time I run this above it just doesn't do anything, If I remove this line:
AddPortfolioPhoto(filename, Convert.ToInt16(galleryid))
it works great but it is crucial I get this inserted into the database someway and I just can't seem to be able to grab the gid value.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Public Shared Sub AddPortfolioPhoto(ByVal fn As String, gid As Integer)
Dim Writer As New Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
Writer.CommandType = Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure
Writer.CommandText = "BCMS_AddGalleryPhoto"
Writer.Connection = New Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("sqlstr"))
Writer.Parameters.AddWithValue("#imgstr", Data.SqlTypes.SqlString.Null).Value = fn
Writer.Parameters.AddWithValue("#galleryid", Data.SqlTypes.SqlInt32.Null).Value = gid
Writer.Parameters.AddWithValue("#so", Data.SqlTypes.SqlInt32.Null).Value = 0
Writer.Parameters.AddWithValue("#featured", Data.SqlTypes.SqlInt32.Null).Value = 0
Writer.Prepare()
Writer.Connection.Open()
Writer.ExecuteNonQuery()
Writer.Connection.Close()
End Sub

Answer 1

Looks like with your help I may have gotten to the bottom of this, the value I was expecting (56) wasn't what I was actually getting, I was actually getting "uploads" in the same variable so sending a string down to this method was never going to work, thanks #matt-dot-net for suggesting and thanks Andrew Morton for the tip on dispose, I will use that rather than close.