Request.Form: see difference between multiple form fields with the same name

Does the Asp.Net Request.Form offer any way to see the difference between

<form method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="field" value="a" />
<input type="hidden" name="field" value="a" />
<input type="hidden" name="field" value="a" />
</form>

and

<form method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="field" value="a,a,a" />
</form>

For example is there a way to count how many fields with name="field" have been submitted?

(in Classic ASP that is possible, but I can not find a way to do it in Asp.Net)

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sybe

8/22/2022 - Mon

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Pratima

12/21/2012

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tempor2001

12/21/2012

Hi,

you can go trough Request.Form.AllKeys list and see if there multiple "field" keys found.

dim fieldCount  as integer = 0
    For Each key As String In Request.Form.AllKeys
      if key = "field" then fieldCount= fieldCount+1
    Next

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Rouchie

12/21/2012

In ASP.Net all form fields need to have a unique name so that they can be differentiated from one another. Are you posting to .Net from classic ASP?

You can enumerate like pratima_mcs states. This is much more easy if your posting form is .Net to begin with. A pseudo code example would be something like...

For each form control in someContainer
   If control type is input Then
      if control.uniqueID ends with 'field' Then
          controlCount += 1
      End if
   End If
End For

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tempor2001

12/21/2012

ignore my comment, pratima_mcs solution is much more elegant :) and require only 1 line of code ;)

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sybe

12/21/2012

ASKER

Request.Form.GetValues("field") does the trick. It returns type String() with multiple values.

Thanks