calling a drop down selection on asp

[bvlmv]

Hello,
relatively new to programming and just trying to create a simple asp page.
I have the following drop down menu on a html page and when submitting i would like to call out on asp what someone has selected.

<select size="1" name="type">
<option value="Prospect">Prospect</option>
<option value="Suspect">Suspect</option>
<option value="Qualified">Qualified</option>
<option value="Proposed">Proposed</option>
<option value="Closed">Closed</option>
<option value="Lost">Lost</option>
</select></b></p>

I also have regular fields on the html page which works great when submitting but for some reason i can't get the dropdown selection to display

fname = request.form("fname")
lname = request.form("lname")
email = request.form("email")
type = request.form("type") <----- this is what i have to call a drop down selection.

I get the following error

Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a0400'

Expected statement

/chip/AddNew.asp, line 13

type = request.form("type")
^

Any help would be greatly appreciate.

[dgarretson]

the word Type is a reserved word...ie it does something in asp. Try changing variable to strType. This is a coding standard...you should put what kind of variable it is infront of the variable name. For example strType where Type is the name of the variable and it is a string.