Request.Querystring Advice

[agantony]

Hi All,

I am new to programming so apologies if this is a basic question. I am using the following code to request the form field values. however all works as expected but the field order is mixed up.

I have tried setting the tabindex on the fields,to try and resolve the issue, but no such luck.

Is there any way i can sort the field order using the tabindex ?

Thanks in advance.

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<%

FiName = Request.Form("ATID")

Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set resultfile = filesys.CreateTextFile("D:\results\"& FiName & ".txt")
For each inputField In Request.QueryString
For Each inputValue in Request.QueryString(inputField)
resultfile .Writeline inputField & " = " & inputValue &"<BR>"
Next
Next
%>

[jhardman]

No, the request.query string order is a mystery. I've heard it discussed before and the general consensus is that it is not predictable. I've handled the problem like this, I named all of the fields numerically:
<input name="inp1"><input name="inp2"> etc. Then When I pulled it up I said:

dim i
for i = 1 to 500 'some insanely high number
   if request("inp" & i) <> "" then
      response.write request("inp" & i) & "<br>" & vbNewLine
   end if
next
 

you could also put the names of the inputs in a numbered array like this

dim inputs(500)
inputs(1) = "userName"
inputs(2) = "favExoticAnimal"
inputs(3) = "hairStyle"
dim i
for i = 1 to 500
   if request(inputs(i)) <> "" then
      response.write request(inputs(i)) & "<br>" & vbNewLine
   end if
next

Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Jared