Getting a "normal" HTML form to work inside the server-side form tag

[Deane]

I've run into this problem on many occasions --

I need to have the server side form tag on my Web form, of course.

But I also need to have *another* form on the page that posts to a URL
totally out of my control. I can think of three situations off the
top of my head.

In one case, it was a login to the client's PeopleSoft system.
In another, it was a PayPal form.
In another, the form posted to the client's Google Mini install.

What's the solution for this? I haven't found a good one yet. How do
you get a "traditional" (non server-side) HTML form to work within the
server-side form tag?

[Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]]

A form cannot be within another form. This is against the rules of HTML.
You can have more than one form as long as one of them is a "traditional"
(non server-side) HTML form as you've specified. Just don't nest them.
Make sure there is no runat="server" attribute for your traditional HTML
form.

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net


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I've run into this problem on many occasions --

I need to have the server side form tag on my Web form, of course.

But I also need to have *another* form on the page that posts to a URL
totally out of my control. I can think of three situations off the
top of my head.

In one case, it was a login to the client's PeopleSoft system.
In another, it was a PayPal form.
In another, the form posted to the client's Google Mini install.

What's the solution for this? I haven't found a good one yet. How do
you get a "traditional" (non server-side) HTML form to work within the
server-side form tag?