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MsgBox or Alert Box in ASP ???

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ufobaby

ufobaby

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hi,
want to validate the form input before i submit the page and show an alert box to the user. the fillowing is the code can any one suggest a way to do it
======== CODE ========
<%
Dim ConLog 'For Opening Connection to Db
Dim rs 'For RecordsSet

'==== Before this i would like to validate and show the
'==== alert box, on error the following code should not execute

Set ConLog = Server.CreateObject(&quot;adodb.connection&quot;)
ConLog.Open &quot;Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=c:\inetpub\Set rs = ConLog.Execute(&quot;select * from usr where username='&quot; & _
session(&quot;me&quot;) & &quot;' and password='&quot; & Request.Form(&quot;txtOldPwd&quot;) & &quot;'&quot;)
if rs.eof = false then
ConLog.Execute(&quot;Update usr set password='&quot; & Request.Form(&quot;txtReNew&quot;) & &quot;' where username='&quot; & Session(&quot;me&quot;) & &quot;'&quot;)
Response.Write &quot;Successfully Changed&quot;
end if
%>
<html>

<head>
<title>Change Password</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method = post id=form1 name=form1>
<table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;>
<tr>
<td width=&quot;50%&quot;>Old Password</td>
<td width=&quot;50%&quot;><input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;txtOldPwd&quot; size=&quot;20&quot;></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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Niraj [noevil]
 
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if you don't want too, even knowing I agree with snowboardr in using javascript for this, you can just write a bit doing your validation where you want it and on a condition not being or being met do something like this

Dim pass, MyMsg
pass = form1.txtoldPwd.value
If pass = &quot;&quot; then
MyMsg = msgbox(&quot;You have entered a incorrect value!&quot;)
exit sub
end if










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I may not get it the 1st or 2nd time,
but how sweet that 15th time can be.
admin@onpntwebdesigns.com
 
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onpnt, I attempted to get the msgbox script to work, but it doesnt seem to work. You sure thats correct?
 
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hi, thanks but i used the following code, any improvements in this are appreciated. But am still not clear on using the Msgbox function in ASP. it says &quot;Premission denied&quot;. Also i read that this function will popup on the serve and not on the client side. Any info on this.
===== CODE ====
<%
Dim ConLog 'For Opening Connection to Db
Dim rs 'For RecordsSet

'==== Now the code does not execute as the page is not submitted

Set ConLog = Server.CreateObject(&quot;adodb.connection&quot;)
ConLog.Open &quot;Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=c:\inetpub\Set rs = ConLog.Execute(&quot;select * from usr where username='&quot; & _
session(&quot;me&quot;) & &quot;' and password='&quot; & Request.Form(&quot;txtOldPwd&quot;) & &quot;'&quot;)
if rs.eof = false then
ConLog.Execute(&quot;Update usr set password='&quot; & Request.Form(&quot;txtReNew&quot;) & &quot;' where username='&quot; & Session(&quot;me&quot;) & &quot;'&quot;)
Response.Write &quot;Successfully Changed&quot;
end if
%>
<html>

<head>
<title>Change Password</title>
</head>
<body>
<script LANGUAGE=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
<!--
function confirmSubmit()
{
if (form1.txtOldPwd.value == &quot;&quot;) {
alert(&quot;Stop&quot;)
return false;
}
}
// -->
</script>
<form method = post id=form1 name=form1 onSubmit=&quot;return confirmSubmit()&quot;>
<table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;>
<tr>
<td width=&quot;50%&quot;>Old Password</td>
<td width=&quot;50%&quot;><input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;txtOldPwd&quot; size=&quot;20&quot;></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
 
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I think you should make a better message then just stop.. the user will be confused as to why it says &quot;stop&quot;..
 
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hee heeee [upsidedown] this was just a test script... the text will be definetly meaningful.

but what the question now is regarding the msgbox function. any ideas

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Niraj [noevil]
 
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Sorry forgot to tell you that you can't use the msgbox function from with the <% %>
you'll need to use the vbscript tags but ofcourse unless you have viewers only on IE this is not a good idea.

although if you want to keep this server side without the use of javascript alerts then I usually response.write to the page the error etc..

[bomb]
I may not get it the 1st or 2nd time,
but how sweet that 15th time can be.
admin@onpntwebdesigns.com
 
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here's a example of how I like to deal with the fact that the msgbox function does not work server side
on condition not being met
<%
Response.Write(&quot;Error has occured! Please click the back button and try again.&quot;)
response.write(&quot;<br>&quot;)
response.write(&quot;<input type='button'&quot;)
response.write(&quot;value='Back'&quot;)
response.write(&quot;onClick='javascript:history.go(-1)'>&quot;)
%>
this is great when you want to relay a message that may be lengthy. I use this often with database work for relaying explanations on why some errors may have happened and what action to take to fix them.

has saved the help desk a lot of calls within my company and they seem to like the idea.

[bomb]
I may not get it the 1st or 2nd time,
but how sweet that 15th time can be.
admin@onpntwebdesigns.com
 
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