Can ID be used server-side in ASP?

[dw]

Hello. I'm developing an ASP app and trying to make it XHTML strict. This
requires the removal of all "name" attributes from form elements. Can form
elements be read server-side in ASP with only an "id" attribute? Thanks.

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

dw wrote:

Hello. I'm developing an ASP app and trying to make it XHTML strict.
This requires the removal of all "name" attributes from form
elements. Can form elements be read server-side in ASP with only an
"id" attribute? Thanks.

No.
From the XHTML spec, the name attribute is only being deprecated for these
elements:
" ... a, applet, form, frame, iframe, img, and map ..."

None of these elements have values which would normally need to be read in
server-side form processing.

Bob Barrows
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[dw]

Thanks, Bob. I thought all "name" attributes were being done away with in
XHTML. Thanks for the clarification :)

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dw wrote:

Hello. I'm developing an ASP app and trying to make it XHTML strict.
This requires the removal of all "name" attributes from form
elements. Can form elements be read server-side in ASP with only an
"id" attribute? Thanks.

No.
From the XHTML spec, the name attribute is only being deprecated for these
elements:
" ... a, applet, form, frame, iframe, img, and map ..."

None of these elements have values which would normally need to be read in
server-side form processing.

Bob Barrows
--
Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
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