passing variables to forms

[tmcneil]

I seem to have forgotten how to pass variables to multiple pages. I have an asp page that I choose values from select boxes. Those values get passed to another page by using the request.form call to each element. I want to pass these same values onto a 3rd page and am having trouble doing this. I was thinking of passing the variables through the url and use querystring to get them. Is there an easier way to do all this?

Thanks,
Todd

 

[Ferrian]

You could put them into session variables on the receiving page. Not sure if there is a better way than this, it's how I tend to pass data around. Or populate the varibales into a DB for quick retrieval, but that would be more effort probably!

 

[tmcneil]

Well, I've got the following code to use the Session variables.

 If Not IsEmpty(Request.Form("FA")) then Session("rVal") = Request.Form("FA")
  'Response.Write(Session("rVal") & "<br>")
      
  if rVal = ST then
      if Not IsEmpty(Request.Form("FASTV")) then Session("sState") = Request.Form("FASTV")
      'Response.Write(Session("sState"))
  elseif rVal = CBSA then
      if Not IsEmpty(Request.Form("FACBSAV")) then Session("sCBSA") = Request.Form("FACBSAV")
      'Response.Write(Session("sCBSA"))
  else
      if Not IsEmpty(Request.Form("FACOUNTYV")) then Session("sCounty") = Request.Form("FACOUNTYV")
      'Response.Write(Session("sCounty"))
  end if

rVal is ok but the only other variable I get is sState no matter if sCounty or sCBSA has anything in it. rVal is based on what is selected so I should only have an rVal and one other value from sState, SCBSA or sCounty. So, am I doing something wrong?

 

[Kendel]

Try to put the value inside the quotes:

if rVal = "ST" then
...
elseif rVal = "CBSA" then

 

[DreXor]

as tmcniel suggested use session variables, i prefer cookies, that way you can keep the environment for the end user when they return, or if they manually open a seperate window process, in which session values wont cross over

DreX
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