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Classic ASP. Validate data in a form and post the result to a URL.

Hi,

I'm a complete novice when it comes to classic asp and was wondering if anyone could show me how to create a form which collects a CustomerID, Email Address and Password then validates this data in a database to check that the customerID is valid. If valid, the information will be posted to a url, otherwise we'll re-direct to an error page.

I come from an event driven programming background and have already wrapped the database validation code in a function, so I'm really just looking for a way to control the program flow by passing the CustomerID to the function and acting depending on the result.

I could do it in VB.Net without a problem but Classic ASP is a steep learning curve and time is tight.

Thanks.

Jay.

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jay1971a --

When you say that you want to make sure the "CustomerID is valid", what does that mean? Are you checking only to make sure that the CustomerID the user enters already exists? Or is there something else I'm missing?

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jay1971a

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Hi,

I just need to check that the customerID exists in the customers table and that it is active.

Thanks.

iscode

you could try this sample code
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?lngWId=4&txtCodeId=7206

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jay1971a --

What kind of database are you connecting to (i.e. SQL Server, Access), and what version (e.g. 2005, 2003, 2005)?

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Bob Butcher

let's say you have a form that has an input field called 'custid'. once the form get's submitted and you could have an ASP script that has the following code below. In the script you would do the following:

<%
dim mConn
dim mRS

set mConn = server.createobject("ADODB.CONNECTION")
mConn.open "connection string to whatever - SQL Server, etc."

set mRS = server.createobject("ADODB.RECORDSET")
mRS.Open "select * from custtable where custid=" & request.form("custid") & "'", mConn

if not mRS.EOF then
response.write "Found the ID"
else
response.write "ID does not exist in DB"
end if

mRS.Close
set mRS = Nothing

mConn.Close
set mConn = Nothing

%>

Bob Butcher

form.html to take in the custid

<html>
<body>
<form action='process.asp' method='post'>
<input type='text' name='custid' />
<input type='submit' />
</form>
</body>
</html>

NOTE - the input field is called CUSTID

process.asp is below -

<html>
<body>
<%
dim mConn
dim mRS

set mConn = server.createobject("ADODB.CONNECTION")
mConn.open "connection string to whatever - SQL Server, etc."

set mRS = server.createobject("ADODB.RECORDSET")
mRS.Open "select * from custtable where custid=" & request.form("custid") & "'", mConn

if not mRS.EOF then
response.write "Found the ID"
else
response.write "ID does not exist in DB"
end if

mRS.Close
set mRS = Nothing

mConn.Close
set mConn = Nothing

%>
</body>
</html>

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jay1971a --

Try this code out. You'll only need to change two lines of code to get it to work:

1) Modify the value of the DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING constant so that it points to your database.
2) Modify the value of sSqlQuery variable so that it checks your table to see if the Customer ID exists.

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<%      Option Explicit
      Response.Buffer = True

      Dim bIsPostback, sCustomerID, sEmailAddress, sPassword, sDisplayMessageHTML
      Dim sSqlQuery, oConnection, oRecordset, bCustomerIdExists, sRedirectURL

      '// NOTE: You need to enter this information to connect to your database.
      Const DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING = "Driver={SQL Server};Server=SERVERNAME;Database=DATAB
ASENAME;Uid=USERNAME;Pwd=PASSWORD;

      bIsPostback = (Trim(Request.Form("IsPostback")) <> "")
      sDisplayMessageHTML = ""

      If (NOT bIsPostback) Then
            '// This is the user's first time visiting the page.
            sCustomerID = "": sEmailAddress = "": sPassword = ""
      Else
            '// User has been to the page before.
            sCustomerID = Trim(Request.Form("CustomerID"))
            sEmailAddress = Trim(Request.Form("EmailAddress"))
            sPassword = Trim(Request.Form("Password"))

            If (sCustomerID = "") Then
                  '// ERROR: Customer ID is blank.
                  sDisplayMessageHTML = "Please enter the value for the <b>Customer ID</b> field."
            ElseIf NOT IsNumeric(sCustomerID) Then
                  '// ERROR: Customer ID was specified, but is not a valid number.
                  sDisplayMessageHTML = "Please enter a valid number for the <b>Customer ID</b> field."
            ElseIf (sEmailAddress = "") Then
                  '// ERROR: Email Address is blank.
                  sDisplayMessageHTML = "Please enter the value for the <b>Email Address</b> field."
            ElseIf (sPassword = "") Then
                  '// ERROR: Password is blank.
                  sDisplayMessageHTML = "Please enter the value for the <b>Password</b> field."
            Else
                  '// Check to see if the specified customer ID exists in the database.
                  '// NOTE: You need to change "TableName" and "CustomerID" to reflect your table's info.
                  'sSqlQuery = "SELECT 'True' AS [CustomerIdExists] FROM TableName WHERE CustomerID = " & sCustomerID
                  sSqlQuery = "SELECT 'True' AS [CustomerIdExists] FROM client_batches WHERE client_id = " & sCustomerID

                  Set oConnection = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
                  Call oConnection.Open(DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING)
                  Set oRecordset = oConnection.Execute(sSqlQuery)
                        bCustomerIdExists = (NOT oRecordset.EOF)
                  Set oRecordset = Nothing
                  Call oConnection.Close(): Set oConnection = Nothing

                  If NOT bCustomerIdExists Then
                        '// ERROR: Customer ID is a valid number, but could not be found in the database.
                        sDisplayMessageHTML = "The customer ID you specified could not be found."
                  Else
                        '// Here is where you create the URL you want to redirect to.
                        sRedirectURL = "http://www.somewhere.com/somepage.asp?customerID=" & Server.URLEncode(sCustomerID)
                        sRedirectURL = sRedirectURL & "&emailaddress=" & Server.URLEncode(sEmailAddress)
                        sRedirectURL = sRedirectURL & "&password=" & Server.URLEncode(sPassword)

                        '// Uncomment this line if you want to redirect to the page.
                        'Call Response.Clear(): Call Response.Redirect(sRedirectURL)

                        '// Debugging code to see what the URL is you'll be redirecting to.
                        Call Response.Write("<b>sRedirectURL</b> = [<u>" & Server.HTMLEncode(sRedirectURL) & "</u>]<br>" & vbNewLine)
                        Call Response.End()
                  End If
            End If
      End If %>
<html>
      <head><title>jay1971a's answer</title></head>
      <body>
            <form action="<%=Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME")%>" method="post">
            <input type="hidden" name="IsPostback" value="True">

            <div style="width:600px;">
<%      If (sDisplayMessageHTML <> "") Then %>
            <div style="border:1px solid black;padding:10px;margin-bottom:20px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;color:red;"><%=sDisplayMessageHTML%></div>
<%      End If %>

            <table>
                  <tr>
                        <td><b>Customer ID</b></td>
                        <td><input type="text" name="CustomerID" size="35" value="<%=Server.HTMLEncode(sCustomerID)%>"></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                        <td><b>Email Address</b></td>
                        <td><input type="text" name="EmailAddress" size="35" value="<%=Server.HTMLEncode(sEmailAddress)%>"></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                        <td><b>Password</b></td>
                        <td><input type="password" name="Password" size="35" value="<%=Server.HTMLEncode(sPassword)%>"></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr><td colspan="2"> </td></td>
                  <tr>
                        <td><input type="submit" value="Submit Info"></td>
                        <td><input type="button" value="Start Over" onclick="document.location.href = document.location.href;"></td>
                  </tr>
            </table>
            </div>

            </form>
      </body>
</html>
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jay1971a

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That's excellent!

Precisely what I needed.

Thanks very much.

Jay.

Member_2_3718378

No problem. :) It's definitely a lot more code than you should be expected to write on your own as a Classic ASP novice. But hopefully it's straightforward enough that you can understand what's there, and how it all works. Either way, I'm glad it works for you.

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