How to access variables when submitted via POST method.

[Jables]

I need to pass variables from page to page. I have a form on the first page that uses the POST method and puts the form values into a database table. This form is where users of the site define a profile of themselves. So I would like for them to be directed to a page showing them what their formatted profile looks like(i.e. all the data they just entered appears in a nice little table).

The chain of events should go something like this:

1. User enters data into form
2. Page sends the data via the POST method
3. Data gets inserted into database
4. User is redirected to Formatted Profile page
5. Display a filtered recordset (page only shows their profile).

I would like to accomplish step 5 by just passing the username entered in the form by the new user to the formatted profile page. I can do this with GET, but I need to use POST in order to insert the records into the database.

So how do I access the variables on the next page when they were submitted via the POST method on the previous page?

Help is much appreciated.
Clay Simmons

 

[DougP]

I have a text box on my form called Vendor


<%
Value=request.querystring(&quot;Vendor&quot
%>

<form action=&quot;TradeShow2003.asp&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; name=&quot;FrontPage_Form1&quot;>

So I'm posting to the same form TradeShow2003.asp that this code is in.
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[Jables]

Sorry, I'm a bit of a beginner, and I'm afraid I don't follow exactly. Are you saying to redirect to the same page? I guess I could do that, but I would really like to send them to another page.

Couldn't I just set a variable equal to the value that's entered into the username field on the form and then append that to the URL redirect?

Like if the form field is called &quot;username&quot;.

Variable = yadayada(&quot;username&quot

And then:

MM_RedirectURL = &quot;/formattedprofile.asp?username=(&quot;username&quot&quot;

If so, how do I refer to the textfield on the form? Like I said, I'm kind of new to ASP.

Thanks

 

[Jables]

Oops, that should've read.

MM_RedirectURL = &quot;/formattedprofile.asp?username=(&quot;Variable&quot&quot;

 

[asuknow]

if are using IIS5.0, you can use server.transfer() function
to transfer the posted data to another web page without
any other redirecton.

 

[rac2]

Why not use a session variable?

In Step 1

<form method=&quot;post&quot; etc.>
<input type=text name=&quot;who&quot;>
</form>

In Step 3

<% 
Session(&quot;who&quot;) = Request.Form(&quot;who&quot;);
etc.
  %>

In Step 5

var myGuy = Session("who");

etc.

qProfile = "SELECT * FROM visitor_table WHERE name='" + myGuy;

rsProfile.open(qProfile, conn);