ASP not working with form

Mikael71 · June 28th, 2006, 07:38 PM

Hi,
I'm using Dreamweaver MX and am currently on page 248 of Beginning Dreamweaver MX, trying to get request.asp to work with the request form. When I try and preview I get the following message:

Tekniske oplysninger (for supportteknikere)

    * Fejltype:
      Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A03EA)
      Syntax error
      /thecookingplace/register.asp, line 11, column 30
      strName = Request.QueryString(*cust_name*)       -----------------------------^

    * Browsertype:
      Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.4

    * Side:
      POST 163 bytes to /thecookingplace/register.asp

    * POST Data:
      cust_name=Fred+Bloggs&cust_interest=Recipes&cust_c ontact_type=email&cust_comments=This+site+is+great %21&cust_email=fred%40fredbloggs.com&submit=Send+M y+Information

    * KlokkeslÃ¦t:
      29 June 2006, 02:31:18

I've checked and rechecked the code for register.asp which looks like this:

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Thankyou</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<%
Dim strName, strInterest, strContact, strComments, strEmail
strName = Request.QueryString(*cust_name*)
strInterest = Request.QueryString(*cust_interest*)
strContact = Request.QueryString(*cust_contact_type*)
strComments = Request.QueryString(*cust_comments*)
strEmail = Request.QueryString(*cust_email*)
%>
Thankyou <em><%= strName %></em> for your interest in <em><%=strInterest%></em>
</body>
</html>

and it seems OK. I've also checked the code in request form and can't see anything that looks out of place.

Any suggestions?

Mikael

Imar · June 29th, 2006, 12:28 AM

Hi there,

You are using * (star) instead of " (quotes).

This:

strName = Request.QueryString(*cust_name*)

should be

strName = Request.QueryString("cust_name")

Hope this helps,

Imar

Mikael71 · June 29th, 2006, 02:31 AM

Hi Imar,

Sorry, I'm using the e-book format of Beginning Dreamweaver MX and have the size set to 125% which means that I don't have to scroll left to right, but also means that I sometimes mistake one character for another because they aren't that clear.

I made the changes you suggested, but they only gave partial success. Now when I preview, all I get is: 'Thank you for you interest in'. The strName and strInterest variables don't seem to be getting processed. The only thing in the address bar is:http://localhost/thecookingplace/requestForm.htm

I also tried changing the language in the properties bar of the request form to VBScript, again with no success.

I'll continue playing about with it. Maybe the answer will come to me. In the meantime, many thanks for your help.

Mikael

Mikael71 · June 29th, 2006, 04:24 AM

Yay! I found the answer. I tried changing the method in the request form from POST to GET. I don't know what happened but that must have escaped my attention. I'm so glad!

Mikael

Imar · June 29th, 2006, 03:05 PM

Yeah, that makes sense... When you use Post, you can access variables with Request.Form. When you use Get, you should use Request.QueryString.

You can also use the more generic form of Request (for example, Request("UserName") that searches both collections. Personally, I don't like that style because it doesn't make your intentions very clear.

Have fun with the rest of the book. Next up is the Soccer Site, right? That covers this Request thing in much more detail....

Imar