Submit form using method="post" to target="_search"

R

Rui Pestana

Hello all,

I want to use the POST method to submit the form and then grab the
parameters in the asp file with request.form("parm").

The problem is that I am using the _search target to open the asp
page.
When I use _blank target there is no problem, either I use GET or POST
method.
But when I use _search target, only GET method works.

I really need to use POST method cause I'm passing lot of data in the
parameters.

Thanks a lot in advance for any suggestion, solution, reasons why this
doesn't work or a workaround.

Rui


***********************************************
***************FILE a.htm**********************
***********************************************

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<form name="frmGo" action="b.asp" method="post" target="_search">
<input type="text" name="parm" value="olaParm">
<input type="hidden" name="parmHidden" value="olaParmHidden">
</form>
<a href='javascript:frmGo.submit()'>Go (POST)... </a>

<form name="frmGo1" action="b.asp" method="get" target="_search">
<input type="text" name="parm" value="olaParm">
<input type="hidden" name="parmHidden" value="olaParmHidden">
</form>
<a href='javascript:frmGo1.submit()'>Go (GET)... </a>

</body>
</html>

***********************************************
***************FILE b.asp**********************
***********************************************

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="CP_ACP"%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
POST<br>
parm:<input type="text" name="parm" value="<%= request.form("parm")
%>"> <br>
parmHidden:<input type="text" name="parmHidden" value="<%=
request.form("parmHidden") %>"> <br>

GET<br>
parm:<input type="text" name="parm" value="<%=
request.QueryString("parm") %>"> <br>
parmHidden:<input type="text" name="parmHidden" value="<%=
request.QueryString("parmHidden") %>"> <br>
</body>
</html>
 
S

Steven Burn

I'm using frames and the POST method, and it works just fine?

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
 
A

Adrienne

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed (e-mail address removed) (Rui
Pestana) writing in
Hello all,

I want to use the POST method to submit the form and then grab the
parameters in the asp file with request.form("parm").

The problem is that I am using the _search target to open the asp
page.
When I use _blank target there is no problem, either I use GET or POST
method.
But when I use _search target, only GET method works.

I really need to use POST method cause I'm passing lot of data in the
parameters.

Thanks a lot in advance for any suggestion, solution, reasons why this
doesn't work or a workaround.

Rui


***********************************************
***************FILE a.htm**********************
***********************************************

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html>
<head> <title>Untitled Document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head>

<body>
<form name="frmGo" action="b.asp" method="post" target="_search">
<input type="text" name="parm" value="olaParm">
<input type="hidden" name="parmHidden" value="olaParmHidden">
</form>
<a href='javascript:frmGo.submit()'>Go (POST)... </a>

<form name="frmGo1" action="b.asp" method="get" target="_search">
<input type="text" name="parm" value="olaParm">
<input type="hidden" name="parmHidden" value="olaParmHidden">
</form>
<a href='javascript:frmGo1.submit()'>Go (GET)... </a>

</body>
</html>

***********************************************
***************FILE b.asp**********************
***********************************************

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="CP_ACP"%> <html> <head>
<title>Untitled Document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head>

<body>
POST<br>
parm:<input type="text" name="parm" value="<%= request.form("parm")
%>"> <br>
parmHidden:<input type="text" name="parmHidden" value="<%=
request.form("parmHidden") %>"> <br>

GET<br>
parm:<input type="text" name="parm" value="<%=
request.QueryString("parm") %>"> <br>
parmHidden:<input type="text" name="parmHidden" value="<%=
request.QueryString("parmHidden") %>"> <br>
</body>
</html>
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target="_blank" is a reserved word. target="_search" will open in a window
called _search, if one is not available, it will create that window. Be
aware that some pop-up stoppers and/or browser configurations may cause the
window not to open.

Additionally, <a href="javascript:frmGo.submit()"> is malformed. It will
not work in many browsers, Opera for example. You should be using <input
type="submit" onclick="frmGo.submit()"> This will enable users without
javascript to still submit the page, and you can do server side
verification.
 
G

Guest

Why do you need "_search"?
-----Original Message-----
Hello all,

I want to use the POST method to submit the form and then grab the
parameters in the asp file with request.form("parm").

The problem is that I am using the _search target to open the asp
page.
When I use _blank target there is no problem, either I use GET or POST
method.
But when I use _search target, only GET method works.

I really need to use POST method cause I'm passing lot of data in the
parameters.

Thanks a lot in advance for any suggestion, solution, reasons why this
doesn't work or a workaround.

Rui


***********************************************
***************FILE a.htm**********************
***********************************************

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<form name="frmGo" action="b.asp" method="post" target="_search">
<input type="text" name="parm" value="olaParm">
<input type="hidden" name="parmHidden" value="olaParmHidden">
</form>
<a href='javascript:frmGo.submit()'>Go (POST)...
Click to expand...
 
R

Rui Pestana

I need to use the _search frame, to keep user in the some page. In fact,
I don't really need the search capabalities of this frame.
I want to update a record in the _search frame and then refresh the main
page.
Using the _search frame it's be possible to refresh the _main page to
reflect the changes made.

I have this working when I use Get method. But now I need to use Post
method because of size string restrictions when using Get method.

Thanks and regards

Rui
 
R

Rui Pestana

Adrienne
thanks for the answer...

But, the issue is to grab "parm" value in the asp file:

<input type="text" name="parm" value="<%= request.form("parm")> %>">

after passing it using

<form name="frmGo" action="b.asp" method="post" target="_search">
<input type="text" name="parm" value="olaParm">
<input type="submit" onclick="frmGo.submit()">
</form>

I really appreciate if you have a solution to this
Thanks
Rui
 
S

Steven Burn

What exactly happens when you use the POST method?

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
 
R

Rui Pestana

I just can't get the parameter...

Steven Burn said:
What exactly happens when you use the POST method?

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
Click to expand...
 

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