dynamic form values

Dave Karmens · Feb 26, 2004

If I have say 10 fixed variables, how can I set their values = to that
of a form that is built dynamically?

column1 column2
email = formvalue(0)
fname = formvalue(1)
lname = formvalue(2)

etc..

lastvar = formvalue(9)

Ray at · Feb 26, 2004

What do you mean? <input type="text" value="<%=variableName%>">

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Dave Karmens · Feb 26, 2004

No, I would need to loop though the values of a drop down list and
assign value1 to email, value2 to fname...

Ray at · Feb 26, 2004

When, when the page is submitted? When it is loaded? Can you explain this
in a little more detail?

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Adrian Forbes [ASP MVP] · Feb 26, 2004

No, I would need to loop though the values of a drop down list and

assign value1 to email, value2 to fname...

When you have a drop-down box only the selected item is submitted with the
form, the non-selected values are "lost"

Dave Karmens · Feb 26, 2004

A user will fill out the dropdown list and hit submit - a form will then
map the constants to the form values to build a SQL string that will
be passed to a stored procedure.

Dave Karmens · Feb 26, 2004

Yes, I don't want the non-selected values.

The form is built dynamically from an uploaded .csv -- the first line of
the .csv is loaded into a drop down list. There is another, static list
that matches up with those values.

Ray at · Feb 26, 2004

So, you'll have an unknown number of values to assign to an unknown number
of variables? What about putting them in an array? If I fill out your
form, and I enter these terms in your select box:

cat
bird
ferret

what is the ultimate goal as far as what your SQL string will look like?

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Dave Karmens · Feb 27, 2004

Hey Ray, thanks for sticking in...

I'll have an unknown number of values loaded from the .CSV, but no more
than 10. There will also be a fixed number of variables to assign them
to. If there is only 7 loaded the rest will be set to "".

The .csv might have user user_email, first_name, last_name so they would
map those to the fixed values email, fname, lname.

The SQL string is a very simple insert:

insert into tbl_test (email, fname, lname)
values ('"&user_email&"','"&first_name&"','"&last_name&"')

This is the basic idea:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<table width="300">
<tr>
<td>Fixed List</td>
<td>CSV List</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Email</td>
<td><select name="flds">
<option name="none" value="none">none</option>
<option name="user_email" value="user_email">user_email</option>
<option name="user_fname" value="user_fname">user_fname</option>
<option name="user_lname" value="user_lname">user_lname</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First Name</td>
<td><select name="flds">
<option name="none" value="none">none</option>
<option name="user_email" value="user_email">user_email</option>
<option name="user_fname" value="user_fname">user_fname</option>
<option name="user_lname" value="user_lname">user_lname</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Last Name</td>
<td><select name="flds">
<option name="none" value="none">none</option>
<option name="user_email" value="user_email">user_email</option>
<option name="user_fname" value="user_fname">user_fname</option>
<option name="user_lname" value="user_lname">user_lname</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Ray at · Feb 27, 2004

In that case, split your select value and assign the values to your
variables, like:

On Error Resume Next
firstvar = Request.Form("select")(1)
secondvar = Request.Form("select")(2)
thirdvar = Request.Form("select")(3)
fourthvar = Request.Form("select")(4)
fifthvar = Request.Form("select")(5)
sixthvar = Request.Form("select")(6)
seventhvar = Request.Form("select")(7)
eighthvar = Request.Form("select")(8)
ninthvar = Request.Form("select")(9)
tenthvar = Request.Form("select")(10)
On Error Goto 0

Ray at work

Dave Karmens · Feb 27, 2004

Aaaah that looks like it will do! Thanks Ray!

Ray at said:
In that case, split your select value and assign the values to your
variables, like:

On Error Resume Next
firstvar = Request.Form("select")(1)
secondvar = Request.Form("select")(2)
thirdvar = Request.Form("select")(3)
fourthvar = Request.Form("select")(4)
fifthvar = Request.Form("select")(5)
sixthvar = Request.Form("select")(6)
seventhvar = Request.Form("select")(7)
eighthvar = Request.Form("select")(8)
ninthvar = Request.Form("select")(9)
tenthvar = Request.Form("select")(10)
On Error Goto 0

Ray at work

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