Passing user input to another page?

[99mel]

I have 2 text boxes on a page (loginname and password). All i want to do is when the user clicks the button named 'Login', the loginname and password are sent to another web page. This is actually a ASP page which i'm connecting to a SQL database, i want to use the loginname and password the user typed in to connect to the database.

Any help much appreciated!!

Thanks!

 

[cbokowski]

As long as you are using a form they are passed to the server. As far as retrieving them server side, use the request object. ie request("login&quot will give you the value.

take a look at

http://www.w3schools.com/asp/default.asp

for more info

 

[99mel]

ok... so i have the textbox which is named 'loginname'. I click the submit button which then simply loads up an asp page.

Whats the html that i need to use to bring back the value that was in the textbox 'loginname'

thanks again!

 

[cbokowski]

you can start with
<%
response.write loginname
%>

to display the value.

 

[99mel]

ok i've got this working now...

problem is, i'm passing a username and password which i then use to connect to a db. I can't really do it this way because u can see the variables in the http file name i.e the password.

How can i overcome this problem?

 

[cbokowski]

Take a look at this article.

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/020201-1.shtml

It discusses the different ways of authenticating users in
IIS. The current project I am working on I use winnt challenge/response.

 

[NiteCrawlr]

Form page:

<form method=post action=page1.asp>
<input type=text name=loginname>
<input type=password name=password>
<input type=submit>
</form>

page1.asp:

<%
'this way the values are now stored in the login and
'password variables. NOT VISIBLE TO USER

login = request.form(&quot;loginname&quot
password = request.form(&quot;password&quot
%>

Now all you have to do is connect to the DB, or do whatever you want with those variables.

Hope this help,

Nite

 

[99mel]

wohoo

so all i'm doin now is using the method=&quot;post&quot; instead of &quot;get&quot;, whats the difference apart from not showing it to the user?

thanks!

 

[NiteCrawlr]

when you use get, the values of the text box go in the address of the next page, like:

http://whatever.com/page1.asp?loginname=something&password=else

but when you use post it doesn't.

 

[cbokowski]

post doesnt limit the amount of data you can pass.

http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_inputforms.asp

 

[NiteCrawlr]

try this site:

http://www.asp101.com/samples/login.asp

here is a good example of what you are trying to do.