hello. i have the following in a form that submits to itself ...

<%
dim page, strurl, strurldesc
page = trim(request.servervariables("script_name"))
strurl = trim(request.form("strurl"))
strurldesc = trim(request.form("strurldesc"))

if request.totalbytes > 0 then
savelink strurl, session("uid"), strurldesc
%>
<script>
window.opener.navigate(window.opener.document.loca tion.href);
window.close();
</script>
<%
end if
%>

<form name="Form" action="<%=page%>" method="post">
<snip />
</form>

Is this 'alright', or is there a better method for submitting the form
to itself?

You can leave out the action altogether, and save the hassle of figuring out
the URL. A form without an action submits to itself...



"Aaron" <a@1.net> wrote in message
news:uWQmnBvnDHA.424@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> hello. i have the following in a form that submits to itself ...
>
> <%
> dim page, strurl, strurldesc
> page = trim(request.servervariables("script_name"))
> strurl = trim(request.form("strurl"))
> strurldesc = trim(request.form("strurldesc"))
>
> if request.totalbytes > 0 then
> savelink strurl, session("uid"), strurldesc
> %>
> <script>
> window.opener.navigate(window.opener.document.loca tion.href);
> window.close();
> </script>
> <%
> end if
> %>
>
> <form name="Form" action="<%=page%>" method="post">
> <snip />
> </form>
>
> Is this 'alright', or is there a better method for submitting the form
> to itself?
>[/color]

Just be aware of what happens if you're on the directory's default page when
you do this, ie. http://yoursite.com/ If there's no pagename in the url,
you'll get a 405 when you post.

Ray at work

"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aaron@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
news:uUkZ$evnDHA.2820@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> You can leave out the action altogether, and save the hassle of figuring[/color]
out[color=blue]
> the URL. A form without an action submits to itself...
>
>
>
> "Aaron" <a@1.net> wrote in message
> news:uWQmnBvnDHA.424@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> > hello. i have the following in a form that submits to itself ...
> >
> > <%
> > dim page, strurl, strurldesc
> > page = trim(request.servervariables("script_name"))
> > strurl = trim(request.form("strurl"))
> > strurldesc = trim(request.form("strurldesc"))
> >
> > if request.totalbytes > 0 then
> > savelink strurl, session("uid"), strurldesc
> > %>[/color][/color]

> Just be aware of what happens if you're on the directory's default page
when[color=blue]
> you do this, ie. http://yoursite.com/ If there's no pagename in the url,
> you'll get a 405 when you post.[/color]

True, if you know your form is on the default page, you can just hardcode /
or even http://yoursite.com/ ... still without having to futz with all that
servervariable parsing.

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