request.form won't work

[frosty7700]

I am having a problem that is driving me insane. I have an ASP file with the following code in it:

<INPUT TYPE=&quot;text&quot; SIZE=&quot;40&quot; NAME=&quot;description&quot;></font>

This line is in a table that is within FORM tags. The opening FORM tag is:

<form method=&quot;POST&quot; ACTION=&quot;test.asp?Type=Image&id=<%=request.querystring(&quot;id&quot%>&name=<%=request.querystring(&quot;name&quot%>&quot;>

Test.asp consists of the following:

Dim x
x = request.form(&quot;description&quot
response.write(&quot;x = &quot; & x)

However, it (x) always comes up blank. Does anyone have any idea what can cause this? I'll say again, the input field IS between the form tags.

 

[wushutwist]

You are actually sending a QueryString not a POST when you tack on parameters in the ACTION tag.

You could send it in the POST by doing the following:

<form method=&quot;POST&quot; ACTION=&quot;test.asp&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;Type&quot; value=&quot;Image&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;id&quot; value=&quot;<%=request.querystring(&quot;id&quot;)%>&quot;>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;name&quot; value=&quot;<%=request.querystring(&quot;name&quot;)%>&quot;>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot;>
</form>

Wushutwist

 

[frosty7700]

Actually, this isn't the problem. It is in fact possible to post form data and send a querystring together. For example, if you write the following code in one file:

<form method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;test.asp?h=1&quot;>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;hi&quot;>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;go&quot;>
</form>

and then create the file test.asp with the following:

<%
x = request.querystring(&quot;h&quot
response.write(&quot;x = &quot; & x)
x = request.form(&quot;hi&quot
response.write(&quot; x = &quot; & x)
%>

everything will work fine. Which is why I don't know why my code isn't working, because I've done this many times before as just described (in fact I tried the above test just to make sure right before posting this).

 

[TazzMann]

I copied your code verbatim as you have it above and it works fine. Are you sure that you don't have a typo in the original code?

Tazzmann