Request(var) empty - stumped - ASP / Active Server Pages

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Hi,

Just switched to a new server, code work fine for 2 years, now on Win2003sp2, OK in IE6, Firefox, but ONLY 1 of 2 IE7's. One works, one doesn't. Fussed for a long time - boils down to this- I seem to get empty request variables from the user:

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html (one of several variations):

<html>

<body>

<form action="formsget.asp" method="post">

<input type="text" name="username">User Name<br>
 
<input type="submit" value="submit" >

</form>

</body>

</html>
 
ASp:
 
f

<%response.write request.form%>

<hr>
 
qs

<%response.write request.querystring%>

<hr>
 
u

<%response.write request("username")%>

<hr>

p

<%response.write request("password")%>

<hr>

u

<%response.write request.form("username")%>

<hr>

p

<%response.write request.form("password")%>

<hr>

I'm totally stumped - any help MUCH appreciated.

Aug 20 '07 #1

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ilearneditonline

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Can you post the original code that was working? Or at least a bit more that what you have. What you have looks ok, and I have been running classic ASP apps running on Win2003K for some time now.

Aug 20 '07 #2

jhardman

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One thing I try sometimes is write a list of all the data that comes from the user:

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 for each x in request.form

   response.write x & ": " & request.form(x) & "<br>" & vbNewLine

next
 
for each x in request.querystring

   response.write x & ": " & request.querystring(x) & "<br>" & vbNewLine

next
 
for each x in request.serverVariables

   response.write x & ": " & request.serverVariables(x) & "<br>" & vbNewLine

next
 
for each x in request.cookies

   response.write x & ": " & request.cookies(x) & "<br>" & vbNewLine

next

of course you usually know when you set a cookie, so that part probably doesn't apply, and the only useful thing in serverVariables that applies to form data is the session ID. If you just ask for request.form("userID") and nothing was sent, it will return a blank. My method won't give you anything if nothing was sent, but it will give you a blank if the form was sent but it is missing that input.

Jared

Aug 21 '07 #3

ilearneditonline

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One thing I try sometimes is write a list of all the data that comes from the user:

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for each x in request.form

response.write x & ": " & request.form(x) & "<br>" & vbNewLine

next

for each x in request.querystring

response.write x & ": " & request.querystring(x) & "<br>" & vbNewLine

next

for each x in request.serverVariables

response.write x & ": " & request.serverVariables(x) & "<br>" & vbNewLine

next

for each x in request.cookies

response.write x & ": " & request.cookies(x) & "<br>" & vbNewLine

next

of course you usually know when you set a cookie, so that part probably doesn't apply, and the only useful thing in serverVariables that applies to form data is the session ID. If you just ask for request.form("userID") and nothing was sent, it will return a blank. My method won't give you anything if nothing was sent, but it will give you a blank if the form was sent but it is missing that input.

Jared

Great suggestion. I never thought of doing that myself. I always check for a specific element. That can be a real pain of you have alot of them.

Aug 21 '07 #4

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