Date Session object not passing through

[bateman]

Hi, I have a rather puzzling problem, have asked the ASP experts at work with
no joy and its driving me mad! I'll explain the steps in more detail below
but the general problem is I am manually creating a datetime value in my asp
pages that I am putting in a session. Now this isn't being passed from page
to page while other session objects are. There is no reason I can see for
this happening.

The steps I am using are:

page1.asp - A form where the user selects a time from a drop down menu that
then passes a value in the form to the next page

<select name="timeselec tion" class="formelem ents" id="timeselecti on">
<option value="6/21/2004 12:00:00">12:00 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 12:30:00">12:30 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 13:00:00">13:00 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 13:30:00">13:30 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 14:00:00">14:00 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 14:30:00">14:30 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 15:00:00">15:00 </option>
</select>

page2.asp - The page asks the user to login or register. It posts back to
itself to check the username and password is correct. If I write out
Session("timese lection") it displays perfectly

timeselection = Request.Form("t imeselection")
Session("timese lection") = timeselection

If Request.Form("u sername") <> "" THEN
formname = Request.Form("u sername")
formpass = Request.Form("p assword")
sSQL = "SELECT tbl_user.fld_us er_uid, tbl_user.fld_fi rstname,
tbl_user.fld_su rname, tbl_user.fld_em ail, tbl_user.fld_us ername FROM tbl_user
WHERE tbl_user.fld_us ername='"&formn ame&"' AND
tbl_user.fld_pa ssword='"&formp ass&"'" Set Rs = Con.Execute(sSQ L)
IF rs.EOF AND rs.BOF THEN
ELSE
Session("name") = Rs("fld_firstna me")
Session("custid ") = Rs("fld_user_ui d")
Session("Authen ticated") = "1"
Response.Redire ct("/confirm.asp")
END IF
ELSE
END IF

page3.asp - Should display the confirmation details from the past selections.
All the sessions work apart from the timeselection, it just appears blank. If
I add a bit of text to timeselecion when i declare the session this appears
so it is passing something through. Its driving me mad!

timeselection = Session("timese lection")
custname = Session("name")

'in body works
=(name)
'doesn't display
=(timeselection )

[Patrice]

Do you mean that if you try something like :
timeselection="[" & Request.form("t imeselection") & "]"
on your postback it will be seen as "[]" in the confirmation page ?

It looks like that Request.Form("t imeselection") is empty. Could it be
outside of the form tag ? Display Request.Form to see if its part of the
posted data...

Patrice

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Hi, I have a rather puzzling problem, have asked the ASP experts at work with no joy and its driving me mad! I'll explain the steps in more detail below
but the general problem is I am manually creating a datetime value in my asp pages that I am putting in a session. Now this isn't being passed from page to page while other session objects are. There is no reason I can see for
this happening.

The steps I am using are:

page1.asp - A form where the user selects a time from a drop down menu that then passes a value in the form to the next page

<select name="timeselec tion" class="formelem ents" id="timeselecti on">
<option value="6/21/2004 12:00:00">12:00 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 12:30:00">12:30 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 13:00:00">13:00 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 13:30:00">13:30 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 14:00:00">14:00 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 14:30:00">14:30 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 15:00:00">15:00 </option>
</select>

page2.asp - The page asks the user to login or register. It posts back to
itself to check the username and password is correct. If I write out
Session("timese lection") it displays perfectly

timeselection = Request.Form("t imeselection")
Session("timese lection") = timeselection

If Request.Form("u sername") <> "" THEN
formname = Request.Form("u sername")
formpass = Request.Form("p assword")
sSQL = "SELECT tbl_user.fld_us er_uid, tbl_user.fld_fi rstname,
tbl_user.fld_su rname, tbl_user.fld_em ail, tbl_user.fld_us ername FROM tbl_user WHERE tbl_user.fld_us ername='"&formn ame&"' AND
tbl_user.fld_pa ssword='"&formp ass&"'" Set Rs = Con.Execute(sSQ L)
IF rs.EOF AND rs.BOF THEN
ELSE
Session("name") = Rs("fld_firstna me")
Session("custid ") = Rs("fld_user_ui d")
Session("Authen ticated") = "1"
Response.Redire ct("/confirm.asp")
END IF
ELSE
END IF

page3.asp - Should display the confirmation details from the past selections. All the sessions work apart from the timeselection, it just appears blank. If I add a bit of text to timeselecion when i declare the session this appears so it is passing something through. Its driving me mad!

timeselection = Session("timese lection")
custname = Session("name")

'in body works
=(name)
'doesn't display
=(timeselection )

[Bateman]

"Patrice" <no****@nowhere .com> wrote in news:OCegOi5UEH A.2484
@TK2MSFTNGP11.p hx.gbl:

Do you mean that if you try something like :
timeselection="[" & Request.form("t imeselection") & "]"
on your postback it will be seen as "[]" in the confirmation page ?

It looks like that Request.Form("t imeselection") is empty. Could it be
outside of the form tag ? Display Request.Form to see if its part of the
posted data...

Patrice

If I do something like
Session("timese lection") = "[" & Request.form("t imeselection") & "]"
timeselection = Session("timese lection")
on the page I declare it it will display [6/21/2004 15:00:00] if I
Response.Write (timeselection) however on the next page if I do

timeselection = Session("timese lection")
Response.Write (timeselection)
it will dispaly []

[Mark Schupp]

When you display the login form on page2.asp include a hidden form field for
timeselection. What is happening is that when page1 posts to page2
"timeselect ion" has a value. When page2 posts to itself there is no
"timeselect ion" form element so the timeselection variable is set to "" (or
empty?).

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com
"bateman" <ba********@nos pam.hotmail.com > wrote in message
news:er******** *****@tk2msftng p13.phx.gbl...

Hi, I have a rather puzzling problem, have asked the ASP experts at work with no joy and its driving me mad! I'll explain the steps in more detail below
but the general problem is I am manually creating a datetime value in my asp pages that I am putting in a session. Now this isn't being passed from page to page while other session objects are. There is no reason I can see for
this happening.

The steps I am using are:

page1.asp - A form where the user selects a time from a drop down menu that then passes a value in the form to the next page

<select name="timeselec tion" class="formelem ents" id="timeselecti on">
<option value="6/21/2004 12:00:00">12:00 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 12:30:00">12:30 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 13:00:00">13:00 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 13:30:00">13:30 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 14:00:00">14:00 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 14:30:00">14:30 </option>
<option value="6/21/2004 15:00:00">15:00 </option>
</select>

page2.asp - The page asks the user to login or register. It posts back to
itself to check the username and password is correct. If I write out
Session("timese lection") it displays perfectly

timeselection = Request.Form("t imeselection")
Session("timese lection") = timeselection

If Request.Form("u sername") <> "" THEN
formname = Request.Form("u sername")
formpass = Request.Form("p assword")
sSQL = "SELECT tbl_user.fld_us er_uid, tbl_user.fld_fi rstname,
tbl_user.fld_su rname, tbl_user.fld_em ail, tbl_user.fld_us ername FROM tbl_user WHERE tbl_user.fld_us ername='"&formn ame&"' AND
tbl_user.fld_pa ssword='"&formp ass&"'" Set Rs = Con.Execute(sSQ L)
IF rs.EOF AND rs.BOF THEN
ELSE
Session("name") = Rs("fld_firstna me")
Session("custid ") = Rs("fld_user_ui d")
Session("Authen ticated") = "1"
Response.Redire ct("/confirm.asp")
END IF
ELSE
END IF

page3.asp - Should display the confirmation details from the past selections. All the sessions work apart from the timeselection, it just appears blank. If I add a bit of text to timeselecion when i declare the session this appears so it is passing something through. Its driving me mad!

timeselection = Session("timese lection")
custname = Session("name")

'in body works
=(name)
'doesn't display
=(timeselection )

[Patrice]

For now I would say that :
1) you save the correct value and displayt that value ("[MM/DD/YYYY]")
2) for some reason you go again on this page but without form values (and
you save "[]")
3) you redirect to the confirmation page that displays "[]"

For now it looks like to me you are hitting twice the
Session("timese lection") = "[" & Request.form("t imeselection") & "]" (and
the latter one wihtout anything in Request.Form("t imeselection").

Especially I noticed that the timeselection session var is always defined in
your code while the other session variables are defined in an if branch.
Double check your processing flow. Make sure you don't erase the session
variable by another incorrect value (you could output its value before
assignation to make sure you don't replace [MM/DD/YYYY] by [] at some point
before proceeding to the final page.

Good luck.

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"Patrice" <no****@nowhere .com> wrote in news:OCegOi5UEH A.2484
@TK2MSFTNGP11.p hx.gbl:

Do you mean that if you try something like :
timeselection="[" & Request.form("t imeselection") & "]"
on your postback it will be seen as "[]" in the confirmation page ?

It looks like that Request.Form("t imeselection") is empty. Could it be
outside of the form tag ? Display Request.Form to see if its part of the
posted data...

Patrice

If I do something like
Session("timese lection") = "[" & Request.form("t imeselection") & "]"
timeselection = Session("timese lection")
on the page I declare it it will display [6/21/2004 15:00:00] if I
Response.Write (timeselection) however on the next page if I do

timeselection = Session("timese lection")
Response.Write (timeselection)
it will dispaly []