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how come i cant access the request variables on an aspx page?

i am trying to create a form and post a single value and read the value and its not working.
i have no idea why.

here is my page and codebehind:
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page - title aspSUCKS.aspx
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<%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="aspSUCKS.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="basketball.aspSUCKS" %>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" >
<HTML>
      <HEAD>
            <title>aspSUCKS</title>
      </HEAD>
      <body>
            <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server" action="aspSucks.aspx">

                  <input type="text" id="userName">
                  <asp:Button id="Button1" runat="server" Text="SUBMIT"></asp:Button>
            </form>
      </body>
</HTML>
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codebehind page:
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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

namespace basketball
{
      /// <summary>
      /// Summary description for aspSUCKS.
      /// </summary>
      public class aspSUCKS : System.Web.UI.Page
      {
            protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button Button1;

            private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
                  // Put user code to initialize the page here
            }

            #region Web Form Designer generated code
            override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
            {
                  //
                  // CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer.
                  //
                  InitializeComponent();
                  base.OnInit(e);
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
            /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
            /// </summary>
            private void InitializeComponent()
            {
                  this.Button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.Button1_Click);
                  this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);

            }
            #endregion

            private void Button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
                  Response.Write("Here is the variable userName-->" + Request.Form["userName"]);
                  Response.End();
            }
      }
}

richardsimnett

ASKER

changed it from a <input type=text> to an <asp:TextBox
and it works fine.

points are still up for grabs if you can tell me why.

thanks.

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muzzy2003

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