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7.3

ASP Form - Validation - Blank Submission

Asked by CSS_Guy in Active Server Pages (ASP), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Tags: ASP

Hi,

A client of mine has a form on their server that continuously gets blank form submissions. The information that is filled out simply gets emailed to a few email addresses.

I'm assuming a workaround for this would be server-side validation that requires that an actual character (not just spaces) be inputted into the form.

I have browsed the internet and followed a variety of tutorials without any success. I'm a PHP guy and don't have a ton of ASP experience.

I would prefer if you can send me some working code from a previous project as opposed to a link to a tutorial.

I really appreciate your help.

here's the form on their site: http://www.orasure.com/contact/contact-request-image.asp 
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/* heres the html */
 
<form method="post" action="form-process-image-request.asp" name="myform">
            <div class="contactwrap">
            <table class="contactable">
            <tr>
            <td><strong>First Name:</strong> <span class="highlight">*</span></td>
            <td><input type="text" size="38" name="FirstName" /></td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><strong>Last Name:</strong> <span class="highlight">*</span></td>
            <td><input type="text" size="38" name="LastName" /></td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><strong>Title:</strong></td>
            <td><input type="text" size="38" name="Title" /></td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><strong>Company:</strong> <span class="highlight">*</span></td>
            <td><input type="text" size="38" name="Company" /></td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><strong>Address:</strong></td>
            <td><input type="text" size="38" name="Location" /></td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><strong>Email:</strong> <span class="highlight">*</span></td>
            <td><input type="text" size="38" name="Email" /></td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><strong>Phone:</strong> <span class="highlight">*</span></td>
            <td><input type="text" size="38" name="Phone"  /></td>
            </tr>
            </table>
			</div><!-- end contactwrap -->
 
 
            
            <div class="contactwrap">
            <table class="contactable">
            <tr>
            <td colspan="2"><strong>I'm requesting the following product images (select all that apply)</strong><br /><br /></td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="OraQuickADVANCE" value="OraQuick ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>OraQuick ADVANCE&reg; Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test</td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="OraSureOralSpecimen" value="OraSure HIV-1 Oral Specimen Collection Device"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>OraSure&reg; HIV-1 Oral Specimen Collection Device</td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="OraSureWesternBlot" value="OraSure HIV-1 Western Blot Kit"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>OraSure&reg; HIV-1 Western Blot Kit</td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="InterceptOralFluid" value="Intercept Oral Fluid Drug Test"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>Intercept&reg; Oral Fluid Drug Test</td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="QEDSalivaAlcohol" value="Q.E.D. Saliva Alcohol Test"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>Q.E.D.&reg; Saliva Alcohol Test</td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="HistoFreezer" value="Histofreezer Portable Cryosurgical System"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>Histofreezer&reg; Portable Cryosurgical System</td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="MICROPLATEForensic" value="MICRO-PLATE EIA &amp; AUTO-LYTE Technology for Forensic Toxicology"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>MICRO-PLATE EIA &amp; AUTO-LYTE&reg; Technology for Forensic Toxicology</td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="FreezenClear" value="Freeze 'n Clear Skin Clinic Advanced Wart Remover"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>Freeze 'n Clear Skin Clinic&#153; Advanced Wart Remover</td>
            </tr>
			
            <tr>
            <td colspan="2"><br /><br /></td>
            </tr>
			
            <tr>
            <td colspan="2"><strong>In the following formats (select all that apply)</strong><br /><br /></td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="lowresgif" value="Low Resolution - GIF"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>Low Resolution - GIF</td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="lowresjpg" value="Low Resolution - JPEG"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>Low Resolution - JPEG</td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="hiresjpg" value="High Resolution - JPEG"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>High Resolution - JPEG</td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" name="hirespng" value="High Resolution - PNG"  class="iebrdr"/></td>
            <td>High Resolution - PNG</td>
            </tr>
            </table>
			</div><!-- end contactwrap -->
            
            
            
            <div class="contactwrap">
            <table class="contactable">
            
            <tr>
            <td><strong>Intended Purpose:</strong> <span class="highlight">*</span></td>
            <td><input type="text" size="38" name="Purpose"  /></td>
            </tr>
            </table>
            </div><!-- end contactwrap -->
 
			<input type="text" id="email_address" name="email_address" class="emailaddress" />
            <input type="image" src="http://www.orasure.com/i/img_btn_submit.jpg" border="0" alt="Submit" id="contactsubmit" onClick="return validate_form( );"/>
            </form>
 
 
 
 
 
 
/* heres the ASP */
 
<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>
 
 
<%
 
Dim spambot
 
spambot = Request.Form("email_address")
 
 
IF spambot = "" THEN
 
 
Set objMail = Server.CreateObject("CDO.Message")
 
objMail.Configuration.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2 
objMail.Configuration.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "localhost"
 
 
objMail.From = "me@myserver.com" ' change this to an email address
objMail.To = "me@myserver.com" ' change this to your email address
objMail.Subject = "OraSure.com - Product Image Request" ' change this to your subject
'Set the e-mail body format (HTMLBody=HTML TextBody=Plain) 
 
'Set the e-mail body format (HTMLBody=HTML TextBody=Plain) 
objMail.HTMLBody = "<font size=3 face=verdana>"
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & Replace(Request.Form("Details"), vbCrLf, "<br />")  & "<br>" & "<br>"
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<strong>" & "First Name: "  & "</strong>" & Request.form("FirstName") & "<br>"
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<strong>" & "Last Name: "  & "</strong>" & Request.form("LastName") & "<br>"
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<strong>" & "Title: "  & "</strong>" & Request.form("Title") & "<br>"
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<strong>" & "Company: "  & "</strong>" & Request.form("Company") & "<br>"
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<strong>" & "Address: "  & "</strong>" & Request.form("Location") & "<br>"
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<strong>" & "Email: "  & "</strong>" & Request.form("Email") & "<br>"
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<strong>" & "Phone: "  & "</strong>" & Request.form("Phone") & "<br>" & "<br>" & "<br>"
 
 
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<strong>" & "I'm requesting the following product images: "  & "</strong>" & "<br>" & Request.form("OraQuickADVANCE") & "<br>" & Request.form("OraSureOralSpecimen") & "<br>" & Request.form("OraSureWesternBlot") & "<br>" & Request.form("InterceptOralFluid") & "<br>" & Request.form("QEDSalivaAlcohol") & "<br>" & Request.form("HistoFreezer") & "<br>" & Request.form("MICROPLATEForensic") & "<br>" & Request.form("FreezenClear") & "<br>" & "<br>" & "<br>"
 
 
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<strong>" & "In the following formats: " & "</strong>" & "<br>" & Request.form("lowresgif") & "<br>" & Request.form("lowresjpg") & "<br>" & Request.form("hiresjpg") & "<br>" & Request.form("hirespng") & "<br>" & "<br>" & "<br>" 
 
 
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<strong>" & "Intended Purpose: " & "</strong>" & "<br>" & Request.form("Purpose") & "<br>" & "<br>" & "<br>" 
 
 
objMail.HTMLBody = objMail.HTMLBody & "<br>" & "<br>" & "Sent at " & Now() & "</font>"
 
objMail.Send()
 
Set objMail = Nothing
 
ELSE
   
Response.write("SPAM")
   
END IF
 
%>
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