Reloading the page and including the variables into the Url

Jimuniguy · Jul 10, 2002

Hi,

What do i need to do in order to have an ASP page, where a form is selected and when the user presses "submit" the page will reload with the url containing the variables that they just chose?

e.g here is the code for the form, now i just want to be able to reload the page containg the form and in the url have the variable that I just choose.

Code:

<FORM ACTION=&quot;???&quot; METHOD=GET>
<Option NAME=&quot;HolidayLocation&quot;>
<table width=&quot;60%&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;>
  <tr>
    <td><OPTION>Madrid</OPTION></td>
    <td><OPTION>Rome</OPTION></td>
    <td><OPTION>Paris</OPTION></td>
    <td><OPTION>Berlin</OPTION></td>
    <td><OPTION>Moscow</OPTION></td>
    <td><OPTION>Birmingham</OPTION></td>
  </tr>
</table>  
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE=&quot;SUBMIT&quot;>

How is it done though?

Cheers

James

FengShui1998 · Jul 10, 2002

JamesUniqueGuy

Your variables are recieved in your ACTION asp page. Your code is also incorrect for a dropdown box.

<FORM name="myform" ACTION="My_Variables.asp" METHOD="GET">
<select NAME="HolidayLocation">
<OPTION>Madrid</OPTION>
<OPTION>Rome</OPTION>
<OPTION>Paris</OPTION>
<OPTION>Berlin</OPTION>
<OPTION>Moscow</OPTION>
<OPTION>Birmingham</OPTION>
</select>

--- My_Variables.asp
<html>
<body>
<%
strInput = request.querystring("HolidayLocation&quot

response.write "Input is: " & strInput

%>
</body>
</html>

fengshui_1998

Dynapen · Jul 10, 2002

Just as a followup on the post that FengShui made. The action line of a form is only required if you are posting the information to a second page. If you are posting the information from the form back to the same page (as you said you are) You can leave the entire action piece out of the form object.

<FORM name="myform" METHOD="GET">
<select NAME="HolidayLocation">
<OPTION>Madrid</OPTION>
<OPTION>Rome</OPTION>
<OPTION>Paris</OPTION>
<OPTION>Berlin</OPTION>
<OPTION>Moscow</OPTION>
<OPTION>Birmingham</OPTION>
</select>

Will give you the same thing. But now it doesn't matter if you rename the page that the form object is in, it will always refer back to itself.
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Reloading the page and including the variables into the Url

Jimuniguy

Technical User

FengShui1998

MIS

Dynapen

Programmer

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