Javascript Redirect in ASP 1

[DrSeussFreak]

I am working on a form in ASP, and I am trying to integrate a javascript redirect option for an onclick event on a button.

Below is the javascript, but how do I get the button to activate the script?

</script>
<script language="javascript">
function redirect("page.asp") { location = "page.asp"; }
</script>

 

[Sheco]

For server-side code you could use Response.Redirect but the code posted looks like logic that executes on the web browser and not the server.

For browser-side issues you can get the best help in the JavaScript forum: forum216

 

[DrSeussFreak]

Sticking with response.redirect, how would this work?

 <input type="button" name="btnSearch" value="Submit" onClick="Response.Redirect(Page.asp)">

 

[DrSeussFreak]

<input type="button" name="btnSearch" value="Submit" onClick="<%Response.Redirect("page.asp")%>">

That works, but it runs as soon as the page loads

 

[Sheco]

Remember that the ASP runs and is done running before your web browser gets the page.

In fact the purpose of ASP is to allow you to programmatically determine the contents of the page that will be sent to the browser.

 

[DrSeussFreak]

So you are saying better I go to the javascript section

Thanks

 

[Sheco]

Yeah because the ASP logic only knows it is sending some text to the browser.

It doesn't even try to understand the difference between HTML, JavaScript, CSS, or whatever... as far as ASP knows it is just sending text to the browser.

By the time the browser gets the text and creates its document object model with buttons and whatever, the ASP server has moved on to work on a page for someone else.