I have an application in which I use 2 forms. The first collects some preliminary data from the user such as who they are, their email address etc. The second collects some more detailed information and then saves it to a database.
I have 3 asp files to implement this: form1.asp, form2.asp, processforms.asp
In the form2.asp, I use code such as:
var1 = request("form1Field1")
var2 = request("form1Field2")
etc to retrieve the values input on the form in form1.asp.
I use similar code in processforms.asp to retrieve the values from the fields on the form in form2.asp:
var1a = request("form2Field1")
var2a = request("form2Field2")
The problem I am having is that I cannot work out how to pass the values obtained from form1.asp through to processforms.asp.
I have tried passing the values obtained in form2.asp to processforms.asp in the post/action method, eg
action=processforms.asp?va
action=processforms.asp?"N
but all to no avail.
I hard coded values into process forms.asp to ensure that everything else (eg writing values to database) was working.
I am pretty new to ASP and really appreciate anyhelp anyone can give.
Avery Hilditch
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Add the following codes to your form in form2.asp
<input type="hidden" name="form1Field1" value = request("form1Field1")>
<input type="hidden" name="form1Field2" value = request("form1Field2")>
This will pass on the values from form1.asp to processforms.asp by using the hidden field. Then you can just access the fields in processforms.asp as you would do in form2.asp.
Hi AveryH,
try this :
Form1.asp
------------------
<form name="frm" Method="Post" action="processforms.asp">
Name :<input type="text" name="Name"><br>
Email :<input type="text" name="Email"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
processforms.asp
----------------------
<%
dim var1,var2
var1=Request.Form("Name")
var2=Request.Form("Email")
Response.write var1
Response.write "<br>"
Response.write var 2
%>
Hi AveryH,
[You original code]
action=processforms.asp?va
action=processforms.asp?"N
not a valid ASP statement.
Change to this :
<%
var1 = request("form2Field1")
var2 = request("form2Field2")
%>
<form name="frm" Method="Get" action="processforms.asp?N
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Why not use Session Variables between the forms that way you can also keep the values in the form fields if any data is entered incorrectly!
Form1.asp -> Form2.asp
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Session("form1Field1") = request("form1Field1")
Session("form1Field2") = request("form1Field2")
Then on form2.asp just set the form values to the required session vaiable like so...
<input type=""text" name="form1Field1" value="<%=Session("form1Fi
You can follow this procedure through to your final page and all will be intact without any loss of data!
Many thanks Simon
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by: x_comPosted on 2003-07-15 at 22:30:47ID: 8931343
If you use Method-Post in your Form
use Request.Form("form2Field1"
If you use Method-Get in your Form
use Request.QueryString("form2