send array with method post 3

[moroeh]

Hi:

I guess somebody already answered this, but I am not able to find any answer. Does anybody know how to send an array in VBScript with the post method?

I have been trying to send it with

<input name=&quot;MyArray&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot; value=&quot;<%=MyArray%>&quot;>
<input name=&quot;x&quot; type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Next&quot; />

When I send this and I try to use it in the page I am calling to I get a Type Mismatch error. How could I solve it?

Thanks in advance!!!!

Moro

 

[Tarwn]

I can't think of one offhand that is good. There are a couple out there that almost work right, that have listings:

http://www.asp-help.com/getstarted/ms/vbscript/default.asp

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[onpnt]

that's funny, I came back to post that link

from the link I posted earlier windows script 5.6 is pretty good. I use it often ---------------------------------------
{ str = &quot;sleep is good for you. sleep gives you the energy you need to function&quot;;
ptr = /sleep/gi;Nstr = str.replace(ptr,&quot;coffee&quot;alert(Nstr); }
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[Tarwn]

The problem with my link above is that it includes a section called VBA methods not in VBScript, and then ioncludes those functions in the drop down selection without specifrying that they won't work in VBScript, for example the MsgBox function is listed...

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[mwolf00]

Ah, but MsgBox does work in client-side VBScript(and it's much nicer than alert())..... Get the Best Answers! faq333-2924
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[Tarwn]

Ok, true, perhaps I just think they should have specified client-side vs Server-side vs VBA only, vs windows scripting.



I'm just peculiar like that

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[onpnt]

ahhh...very peculiar indeed he is

I agree that if the msgbox was not included on many of these references and or have server/client references seperated in ALL cases then that great question we get so often of why my msgbox doesn't work here in the great and only ASP forum would be brought to a minimum. ---------------------------------------
{ str = &quot;sleep is good for you. sleep gives you the energy you need to function&quot;;
ptr = /sleep/gi;Nstr = str.replace(ptr,&quot;coffee&quot;alert(Nstr); }
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[Tarwn]

inglés por favor?
l'anglais se vous plais?
inglese per favore?
inglês por favor?
Englisch bitte?

And thats where my google skills run out.
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[lottastuff]

You guys have entirely TOO much time on your hands. Great icons!

The original problem is one that I think onpnt responded to best: &quot;how about loop through the array and write each element to a hidden field&quot;.
He just didn't provide any details.

In HTML, when you name several text input fields the same, they ALL get included what gets sent to the subject of the <form action=...>.

In ASP's request object, this situation results in the field being presented as a comma-sperated string.

e.g.

someform.html
<form action=&quot;someprocessor.asp&quot;>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;same&quot; value=&quot;a&quot;><br>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;same&quot; value=&quot;b&quot;><br>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;same&quot; value=&quot;c&quot;><br>
<input type=submit value=&quot;Do it!&quot;>

If you started with an array, generating the input fields can be accomplished with (someform.html becomes someform.asp):
<%
for i = 0 to Ubound(myArray)
s = &quot;<input type='text' name='same' value='&quot; &
myArray(i) & &quot;'><br>&quot; & vbcrlf
next
%>

someprocessor.asp
<%
s = request.form(&quot;same&quot
response.write &quot;s=&quot; & s
%>
will show &quot;a,b,c&quot;
if you wanted to reconstruct this into an array, it's really easy:
<%
dim aSame
aSame = array(request.form(&quot;same&quot)
%>

Hope this help (sorry, no nifty icons).

 

[Tarwn]

How about using the join method?
<%
Dim arrString
arrString = Join(myArray,&quot;##&quot
%>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;hdnArray&quot; value=&quot;<%=arrString%>&quot;>

Then on the next page just use the split method to break it back into an array:

Dim myArray
myArray = Split(Request.Form(&quot;hdnArray&quot,&quot;##&quot


You can specify any delimiter you would like in the Join and it will basically loop through the array for you, concatenating each element to the next with the chosen delimiter
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[lottastuff]

Star for Tarwn

My function choice was incorrect:

aSame = array(request.form(&quot;same&quot)
...should have been ...
aSame = split(request.form(&quot;same&quot, &quot;,&quot

array() built-in function takes n args, each of which are strings.

split() built-in function takes a single parm (a some-character delimited string), and an optional 2nd parm to specify what the delimiter is. Default delimiter is space character.

In both cases you want to declare the target variable (if using option explicit), but NOT define it as an array. Both split and array function handle that just fine.

i.e. dim myArray versus dim myArray()