Store and display data using asp

erin · #1 (**permalink**) November 19th, 2003, 12:55 PM

Hi All,

How can I store input form data and display in a table using asp page.

Thanks...

pgtips · #2 (**permalink**) November 19th, 2003, 01:24 PM

Depends on the method attribute of the form. If its GET, then you need to look at

Code:

Request.QueryString("whateverTheFieldIsCalled")

to get its value.

If the form is set to POST, the data will be in

Code:

Request.Form("whateverTheFieldIsCalled")

To write out data just use

Code:

Response.Write Request.Form("whateverTheFieldIsCalled")

As for storing the data, the usual place is a database for which you use ADO.

That's about all I can give you without more detail of what you want to do.

hth
Phil

erin · #3 (**permalink**) November 19th, 2003, 01:49 PM

I am using post method and I would like to store and display the data without using database. I was wondering if there was any way that I could display for every input entry from form.

Thanks...

Imar · #4 (**permalink**) November 19th, 2003, 01:56 PM

Yeah, there is a way to do that. The following code will loop through the entire form collection (when the forms' method is Post) and writes out the name and thee value of each HTML control on the form.

Code:

Dim anItem
Dim myLoop
With Response
    .Write("<h2>Form Collection</h2>")
    For Each anItem in Request.Form
        For myLoop = 1 to Request.Form(anItem).Count
            .Write("<strong>" & anItem & "</strong> = " & Request.Form(anItem)(myLoop) & "<br />")
        Next 
    Next
End with

You can use more or less the same code for the QueryString collection by changing Form to QueryString.

Cheers,

Imar

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Everyone is unique, except for me.

erin · #5 (**permalink**) November 19th, 2003, 04:30 PM

Hi Imar,
When I submitted the form second time I am overwriting the stored data. I would like to keep both stored data and second input data coming from form.

Is there any way, I can do that...

Thanks,

Imar · #6 (**permalink**) November 19th, 2003, 07:36 PM

Well, if you want to do that, you'll need some way to save state. The Web is stateless by design. this means that as soon as you have requested a page and received the response, the Web server forgets about you.

For static pages, this is not a problem but it is for pages containing forms and other data.

To save state (the information from the page, in your case), you have a couple of options:

1. Use hidden form fields.
Simply append each new value as a hidden form field

2. Use Cookies
Add your form values to the Cookies collection

3. Use a database
You can store each submitted form in the database. Hoop up a User ID to the database record, so you can see what user submitted what data.

4. Use a text file
Same as the database, but uses a text file instead (only applicable for small sites)

5. Use sessions
You can use ASP Session to store information. This solution doesn't scale well (you can't use it in a web farm (multiple Web servers), so it mostly appropriate for small to medium sized Internet and Intranet sites.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Can you elaborate a bit about your current ideas. Not every solution is applicable in every scenario.

Cheers,

Imar

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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.