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not able to use request.form("") to see calling form info

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idono

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I'm using the below code to view items selected from a multiple list on one page. I cannot write the information to screen or to the textbox. Please advise.

<% LANGUAGE=&quot;VBSCRIPT&quot; %>


<form name=&quot;Suggestion&quot; method=&quot;Post&quot; action=&quot;confirm.asp&quot;>
<table>
<tr><td>Suggestors: </td>
<td><input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;FirstName&quot; size=&quot;50&quot;></td></tr>
<tr><td>Last Name: </td>
<td><input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;LastName&quot; size=&quot;50&quot;></td></tr>
<tr><td>Comments: </td>
<td><textarea cols=&quot;50&quot; name=&quot;Comments&quot; ></textarea></td></tr>
</table>

<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;Submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot;>

<%
Suggestor = Request.form(&quot;Suggestor&quot;)
%>

 
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<% LANGUAGE=&quot;VBSCRIPT&quot; %>
to
<%@ LANGUAGE=&quot;VBSCRIPT&quot; %>

but the main thing is you're not looping throught he collection
you need to do a
for each item in Request.Form
response.write Request.Form(item)
loop

that's about the simplest method to get all the passed objects

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Gotcha (-:
for each item in Request.Form
response.write Request.Form(item & &quot;<br>&quot;)
NEXT
Go have coffee.
 
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[lol]

I'm cloudy sick sniffling coughing and all the fun stuff that goes along with a cold.

I think I'll take you up on that coffee though and go get some.

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Thank you for the responses, but I think something else is wrong? I can use Response.Write to put anything I want on the page. But when I call anything from Request.Form I get nothing. What do you suppose would make the Request.Form information null/blank/empty?
 
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it not being submitted!

try this and see if you get anything
(all one page)

<html>
<head>
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
function subChg() {
document.Suggestion.hid.value=&quot;submitted&quot;;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<%
If Request.Form(&quot;hid&quot;) = &quot;submitted&quot; Then
Response.Write &quot;The following values were submitted via HTTP<br>&quot;
for each item in Request.Form
response.write Request.Form(item) & &quot;<br>&quot;
next

Else
%>
<form name=&quot;Suggestion&quot; method=&quot;Post&quot; action=&quot;confirm.asp&quot; onSubmit=&quot;return subChg()&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;hid&quot;>
<table>
<tr><td>Suggestors: </td>
<td><input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;FirstName&quot; size=&quot;50&quot;></td></tr>
<tr><td>Last Name: </td>
<td><input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;LastName&quot; size=&quot;50&quot;></td></tr>
<tr><td>Comments: </td>
<td><textarea cols=&quot;50&quot; name=&quot;Comments&quot; ></textarea></td></tr>
</table>

<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;Submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot;>

<%
End If
%>
</body>
</html>

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It went to the else part!
 
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after you submitted it?

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Yes, after I hit the next button on the first page this page displayed the else portion of your code.
 
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It is a IIS setting then/ I can't remember where the HTTP post setting is off the top of my head but i'll post it back if anyone else does not

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from what it looks like to me is there's two pages involved, and we're only seeing one of them ?

you can do a response.write request.form() to display the entire post content.

looks like &quot;suggestor&quot; is a field from a prior page? is the prior page method=post? or method=get? if it's method get, you're not going to get request.form values, cause it wasn't posted, it was get'ed meaning you're left with a querystring value.

rule of thumb i've used in the past is during debugging kill the .form and .querystring methods of the request object. cause if the value is retrieveable from either method, request(&quot;suggestor&quot;) will find it in one of the two.

also your text fields aren't populated by means of request values, or DB values, especially if this is the second page of a chain, perhaps you could post some of the code from confirm.asp AND/OR the page that posts to this page you have already supplied

thanks
 
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I pulled a rookie mistake. I had the button enclosed in the form tags, but not the multi-select listbox. Therefore, it was not posting the data selected but the value of the button itself. Sorry, it just took some looking at it before it showed up. Thank you for all of your posts.
 
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