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request("btnName") not set?

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smsinger3

smsinger3

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Oct 5, 2000
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Hello all. For some reason, I can't see the value of request("btnName") in my asp script when I click the button and the page submits to itself. I'm sure I'm doing something really stupid. Any ideas?

Here's my html:

<%
Response.Write &quot;btnName= &quot; & Request(&quot;btnName&quot;)
%>
<html>
<script language=&quot;JavaScript1.2&quot;>
function fExport(f)
{
....form validation stuff....
f.submit()
}
</script>
<head>
<form ACTION=&quot;SubmitToMyself.asp&quot; name=&quot;frmSubmitToMyself&quot;>
<input type=&quot;button&quot; value=&quot;Export&quot; name=&quot;btnName&quot; id=&quot;btnExport&quot; onClick=&quot;fExport(this.form)&quot;>
.
.
.
</head>
</html>


Thanks for your help in advance,

Steve S.
sms@hmbnet.com

 
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Inside the <form> tag you must specify if you are going to use the post method or the get method.

ex -

<form name=&quot;someform&quot; action=&quot;thispage.asp&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;>
</form>

If you use the post method then the value will be in the forms collection and you wil have to do a request.form(&quot;controlname&quot;) for the value.

If you use the get method then the value will be in the url and you will have to do a request.querystring(&quot;controlname&quot;) for the value.

Hope this helps..

frandazzo
 
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Thanks for answering that. I should have caught that right away. This simple page seems to be the page from h!@#.

But something else strange is happening which doesn't make sense to me. When I use Netscape 4.7, it works fine, but when I use Netscape 6.0, it still doesn't work. This doesn't make sense since asp is not dependant on the browser?

Can anyone clue me in on my thinking?

Thanks again!

Steve
 
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