multiple submit buttons

darkhalf · March 19th, 2004, 09:49 PM

Hi,

I have this form that has 2 buttons, which are both pointing at the same page, but waht it to display different stuff. Now 1 of the submit buttons (button2) is just manipulating data on the form. The other other is the one that actually doing the submit to the db, but want it to say that it was successfull, and display what was submitted. I'm using a hidden input to indicate when the acutal submit btn is pressed, now what I don't understand, is that it takes 2 clicks on the submit to actually set the value of the hidden value, can anyone tell me why??? Or is there a better way of doing this???

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>
<form name="Add" action="insert.asp" method="get">

<%
if request.QueryString("flag") <> "" then
%>
<center>
<h2>successful text</h2>
</center>
<%
else
%>
<input type='submit' value='Submit' name='bsubmit'>
<input type="submit" value="button2" name="bsubmit">

<%
if request.QueryString("bsubmit") = "button2" then
Response.Write("Other button was pressed")
elseif Request.QueryString("bsubmit") = "Submit" then
%>
<input type='hidden' name='flag' value='active'>
<%
end if

end if
%>

</form>
</body>
</html>

KenSchaefer · March 19th, 2004, 11:18 PM

If the second button doesn't actually do a submit, then make it:
<input type="button"> not <input type="submit">

To set the hidden input field *client side* (i.e. avoiding a round trip to the server), you need to use javascript which runs in the client browser. At the moment you are hitting the submit button, sending the form to the server, which then writes out a value for the hidden input field, then you are submitting the form again (hence, two submits).

Cheers
Ken

Microsoft MVP - Windows Server (IIS)
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