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how to carry an error message and pass it to the previous page

Dear experts,

I am trying to validate my email form that has been written using html tag.
i.e. the form is saved in contact.html and
the validater and functinality that used to send out an email is saved in sendemail.asp page.

What I want is, when ever the user try to send out an email with out filling his/her first name or sencond name, I want my form to redrect back to contact.htm page with an error message telling them that one of the field is not filled our.

Is it possible to append an error message with the redirect function?
If so, how do I append a message?

' validation
Dim validationOK
validationOK=true
If (Trim(First)="") Then validationOK=false
If (Trim(Last)="") Then validationOK=false
If (Trim(Company)="") Then validationOK=false
If (validationOK=false) Then Response.Redirect("contact_support.html" & EmailFrom)
'Response.Write "Please fill out the requered fields: <b>" & EmailForm & "</b>"

Thank you inadvance

Dave Baldwin

No, you can't send any info like that to an HTML page. It will be ignored.. You could clone your "contact.html" as "contact.asp" and use ASP to put up the error message. A more common way is to make the "contact.asp" as a self-contained page that posts to itself. That way, you will have the data so you can put up error messages along with the original data or simply say 'Thanks' and send the email when they do it correctly.

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Cedric Obinna A.

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kate2001

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Dear Cedlinx,

I feel like it would work this way. I can't wait till I try your solution. I will let you know the result.

Thank you so much!

kate2001

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What is wrong with my validation check? I couldnt get the error message when I leave "Last" name empty.

<form method="POST" action="sendmail.asp" id="myform">
<p><i>Fields marked (*) are required</i></p>
<fieldset style=" border-color:#FFFFFF">
<legend> <p><b>My Contact Form</b></p></legend>
<br/>
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td><p>Full Name:*</p> </td>
<td> <input type="text" name="Last" size="35"  ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>Company:*</p></td>
<td> <input type="text" name="Company" size="35" ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>Email:*</p> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Email" size="35" ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>Telephone:* </p></td>
<td> <input type="text" name="Telephone" size="35" > </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><p>User ID:</p> </td>
<td> <input type="text" name="Userid"  size="35" > </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>Project Owner:</p> </td>
<td> <input type="text" name="Projectowner"  size="35" > </td>
</tr>
</table>
</fieldset>
<fieldset style=" border-color:#FFFFFF" >
<legend> <p><b>Questions</b></p> </legend>
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td><p>Message:</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><textarea rows="10" cols="62%" name="Message"  >
</textarea></td>
</tr>
</table>

<p><center><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></center></p>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script Language="JavaScript" Type="text/javascript">
function FrontPage_Form1_Validator(myform)
{
 
 if (myform.Last.value == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter a value for the \"Username\" field.");
    myform.Last.focus();
    return (false);
  }}
</script>

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kate2001

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And all the code above is inside <body> tag. What am I missing? And how can I get the the validation check before the form is sending an email (going to sendemail.asp) page?

Thank you inadvance

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Dave Baldwin

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kate2001

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Perfect!

Thank you cedlinx and DaveBaldwin!!!