submitting data from page to page

[cliff]

I am in the process of developing an application and would like to hide the
query strings in the URLs. I want to POST data to a page then validate the
data. If there is an error I have to send data back via a long query string.
Is there anyway to POST data between pages programmatically?

[Ray at]

I'm not sure how your question relates to what you're trying to do. One
method is to post to the same page, like so:
<%
If Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD") = "POST" Then
If Request.Form("something") <> "abc" Then
Response.Write "You must enter &quot;abc&quot; in the textbox."
Else
Response.Redirect "thanks.htm"
End If
End If
%>

<form method="post" action="thispage.asp">
<input name="something" type="text" value="<%=Request.Form("something")%>">
<input type="submit">
</form>

Ray at home
"cliff" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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I am in the process of developing an application and would like to hide the query strings in the URLs. I want to POST data to a page then validate the
data. If there is an error I have to send data back via a long query string. Is there anyway to POST data between pages programmatically?

[cliff]

I am trying to send data from page to page without using GET. I want to hide
all data from my users.

"Ray at <%=sLocation%> [MVP]" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in
message news:e#**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I'm not sure how your question relates to what you're trying to do. One
method is to post to the same page, like so:
<%
If Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD") = "POST" Then
If Request.Form("something") <> "abc" Then
Response.Write "You must enter &quot;abc&quot; in the textbox."
Else
Response.Redirect "thanks.htm"
End If
End If
%>

<form method="post" action="thispage.asp">
<input name="something" type="text" value="<%=Request.Form("something")%>"> <input type="submit">
</form>

Ray at home
"cliff" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:OQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I am in the process of developing an application and would like to hide

the

query strings in the URLs. I want to POST data to a page then validate the data. If there is an error I have to send data back via a long query

string.

Is there anyway to POST data between pages programmatically?

[Roland Hall]

"cliff" wrote in message news:ei**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
: I am trying to send data from page to page without using GET. I want to
hide
: all data from my users.

Cliff...

Ray provided an example that would POST to the same page. If you want to
POST to a different page, set the action to a different page on your form
and use Request.Form("someformfield") to grab data from the header. This
will not show on the URL as it does when you use GET.

You should consider a design change for validating data. It is better to
validate on the client-side for valid input rather than making a trip to the
server. That is off topic for this group but the consideration would be to
use javascript if it is inTERnet available. If it is inTRAnet available and
all clients are IE, you could also consider using VBScript.

If you need help with validation routines, please post in the appropriate
groups and someone will help you.
m.p.scripting.jscript
m.p.scripting.vbscript

HTH...

--
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[cliff]

Thanks for the suggestions. I prefer to validate on the server side as
someone can disable javascript controls on their browser.

"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
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"cliff" wrote in message news:ei**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
: I am trying to send data from page to page without using GET. I want to
hide
: all data from my users.

Cliff...

Ray provided an example that would POST to the same page. If you want to
POST to a different page, set the action to a different page on your form
and use Request.Form("someformfield") to grab data from the header. This
will not show on the URL as it does when you use GET.

You should consider a design change for validating data. It is better to
validate on the client-side for valid input rather than making a trip to the server. That is off topic for this group but the consideration would be to use javascript if it is inTERnet available. If it is inTRAnet available and all clients are IE, you could also consider using VBScript.

If you need help with validation routines, please post in the appropriate
groups and someone will help you.
m.p.scripting.jscript
m.p.scripting.vbscript

HTH...

--
Roland Hall
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without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose. */
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[Roland Hall]

"cliff" wrote in message news:u%****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
: Thanks for the suggestions. I prefer to validate on the server side as
: someone can disable javascript controls on their browser.

You really didn't answer my questions but since you want to connect to the
server each time, then posting to the same page as Ray provided is your best
solution. This eliminates the need to go back to your submit (form page)
because you're always on the same page. One the user is successful, then
you redirect to another page.

--
Roland Hall
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