Getting Posted Variables

[Arc]

Hi, I have a weform that gets data from the user... i then Post the data to the next page which processes it and enters it into the database.

How do i get the values of the variables that were posted to the next page?


In PHP you simply put

$Title = $_POST[txtTitle]

In ASP i have no clue

Thanks!

[hellswraith]

I am not sure how to get posted variables, but I use Request.QueryString for query string values. Maybe what you are looking for is in the Request object.

[Arc]

What do you mean by query string values?

I just want to get the values of the textboxes on the last page that were posted to the next page.


For example i have a form tag

<form name="form" action="addnews2.aspx" method="post">
 
'and inside that form i have 2 text fields
 
<input id="txtTitle" type="text" maxLength="75" size="50" name="txtTitle" runat="server">
 
<input id="txtNews" type="text" maxLength="75" size="50" name="txtTitle" runat="server">
 
'then i have a submit button
 
<input onmousedown="Validate()" type="submit" value="Add News" name="Submit">
 
</form>

So when someone clicks the Add News button it Posts the info in those text boxes to the server and goes to the next page addnews2.aspx. Now i want to get the values of those textboxes and use them in addnews2.aspx.


Am i going about thsi the wrong way? That's how it's done in PHP, i assumed that's how it was done in ASP too..

[hellswraith]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...sformtopic.asp

You need the HttpRequest.Form method to return a NameValueCollection that contains your data.

[Arc]

Thanks, I went to the page and tried the code but as usual it doesn't work, msdn code never seems to work.

Dim loop1 As Integer
        Dim arr1() As String
        Dim coll As NameValueCollection
        ' Load Form variables into NameValueCollection variable.
        coll = Request.Form
 
        ' Get names of all forms into a string array.
        arr1 = coll.AllKeys
        For loop1 = 0 To arr1.GetUpperBound(0)
            Response.Write("Form: " & arr1(loop1) & "<br>")
        Next loop1

I assume i need to import some class or something becasue it is saying the NameValueCollection type is not defined..

I also tried using the HttpRequest.Form thing and got basically the same thing.

Anyone have a working example?

Thanks!

[Cander]

Request.form("txtTitle") is the same thing as $_POST[txtTitle]
in PHP.

[Arc]

Ahh cool deal. Works great! Thanks!

[hellswraith]

The above code works, you just have to import System.Collections.Specialized

If you ever have a problem like that again, where it says NameValueCollection isn't defined, just do a search on the object in the msdn library, you will find its object tree to refer to what to import.