New to ASP

buckster · March 12th, 2004, 12:53 PM

I would be grateful if anyone could help me out with a problem I have relating to forms.

I have created an asp page that contains both the form and the feedback page so that if the user doesn't complete all of the fields then the form is bounced back with an error message adjacent to the field that is incorrect whilst leaving the correct fields completed. However I need to know how to check if it is the first time that the user is viewing the form - at the moment the form works fine if the user puts in either correct detail or some detail that is invalid but if they leave all of the boxes blank then the form can be submitted. I want the script to test if there is anything in each field and then give the user a message if they have not completed a section of the form but my script displays the "You have not completed this section" message on first loading the page. How can I get round this?

Imar · March 12th, 2004, 01:14 PM

Hi there,

There are a few ways to check whether the form has been submitted or not. The easiest way is to check the value of the submit button:

Code:

<form bla bla bla>
  ...
  Other form controls
  ...
  <input type="submit" name="btnSubmit" id="btnSubmit" value="Send Feedback" />
</form>

This button has a name property, which you can check against in your ASP code:

Code:

<%
  If Request.Form("btnSumbit") <> "" Then
    ' Form has been submitted
  Else
    ' First time the page loads
  End If
%>

In addition to this, you could add client side JavaScript that prevents the form from being submitted when not all required fields have been filled in correctly. This saves you an additional roundtrip and increases the responsiveness of your application.

HtH,

Imar

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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

planoie · March 15th, 2004, 01:20 PM

Just a slight correction to Imar's post,

Then you test for this:

Request.Form("btnSumbit")

You are actually testing for the submit button's "value" attribute. You can have multiple submit buttons in the same form, but only the one that was clicked will post its value.

Peter
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acdsky · March 17th, 2004, 04:56 AM

Hi

Just to add some stuff onto the previous posts.

What I normally use to avoid the msgboxes displaying on the first open and also check specific data in fields are something like this.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">

</Script>
The Submit Button Looks like this
<input type="button" name="Send" value="Submit">
The form Look like this
<form name="form" method="post" action="Form.asp">

Regards
Marnus

Such is Life!

aliasp · March 17th, 2004, 09:05 AM

hi,

if you make a validaty to form write that:
1-
<%
' check Blank textbox
if request.form("xx")= "" then
   respons.redirect "aaa.asp" ' return to the source page
   else
   ......... 'complete your privet code
end if
%>

OR

2-
<%
' check Blank textbox
if request.form("xx")= "" then
    response.write " Plz fill the textbox"
    response.end 'this code to stop run the program

  else
   ......... 'complete your privet code
end if
%>

reg,

Ali

ali