Trying to read form input

Hi. I am trying to do the following:

txt_cat = Request("cat" & int_ID)
txt_nam = Request("name" & int_ID)
txt_des = Request("desc" & int_ID)

Where cat, name, and desc plus an integer (int_ID) are text fields in a form. Any suggestions? My form method is post and I have tried using Request.Form(name+value) but nothing seems to work. Thanks.

 

Where are you getting the value of int_ID and are you sure it is the same on the form and on the receiving page?

try using
<%
Dim f

For Each f In Request.Form
Response.Write f & " = "
Response.Write Request.Form(f) & "
"
Next
%>

to make sure you are getting what you want.



quote:Originally posted by larkpics

Hi. I am trying to do the following:

txt_cat = Request("cat" & int_ID)
txt_nam = Request("name" & int_ID)
txt_des = Request("desc" & int_ID)

Where cat, name, and desc plus an integer (int_ID) are text fields in a form. Any suggestions? My form method is post and I have tried using Request.Form(name+value) but nothing seems to work. Thanks.
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Jon
(Information doesn't want to be free, it wants to be sixty-nine cents @ pound)

 

I can't believe I am having this much trouble with this:

---------------------THIS------------------
response.write "serviceID: " & int_ID & "
"
'txt_cat = Request.Form("cat" & int_ID)
'txt_nam = Request.Form("name" & int_ID)
'txt_des = Request.Form("desc" & int_ID)
txt_cat = Request.Form("cat0")
txt_nam = Request.Form("name0")
txt_des = Request.Form("desc0")
Response.Write "Category: " & txt_cat & "
Name: " & txt_nam & "
Description: " & txt_des & "
"
------------------RETURNS----------------------
serviceID: 0
Category:
Name:
Description:
INSERT INTO service (category,name,description) VALUES ('','','');
-----------------------------------------------
I have even hard coded it to the text field.

 

Here's the page in question

larkpics.com/ga/services.asp?e=edit

 

Bruce,

Thanks for getting back to me. I did try

txt_cat = Request.Form("cat" & int_ID)
txt_nam = Request.Form("name" & int_ID)
txt_des = Request.Form("desc" & int_ID)

but it didn't work. This isn't rocket science but I must have missed something. I can't work on it right now but will try again tonight. Again, thanks for the advice.

 

If your button is an href, you have to submit manually through Javascript. As I recall it goes something like: <A href='mylink.asp' OnClick='Form1.submit();'> where Form1 is the name of the form in a form tag.

Just in case you are really doing a submit, one old ASP trick I used to use to tell if the IDs for my controls were correct was to change the form tag from 'post' to 'get'. When you do this, the IDs of the controls are shown in the Querystring so you can read them in the browser.

peter.

quote:Originally posted by bruce

I see that you button is a <a href>

I don't think you can do that with post method.

2 suggestions

a) Try use a submit button

or

b) try use request.querystring("cat0")


quote:Originally posted by larkpics

Here's the page in question

larkpics.com/ga/services.asp?e=edit
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Well I'm not sure if you have fixed this or not but you have to close your request value or I'm certain you will get an error. Then add your int_ID.

txt_cat = Request("cat") & int_ID

Hope This Helps,