How to save my variable from html page

H1004 · Jun 1, 2004

I have an html page with form that ask the users for unit# & password. Let's call this page htmlPg1. After I submit this htmlPg1 page, it would go to another html page called htmlPage2 & ask for more criteria. However, I want save unit# and password in a variable & hopefully carry it to another page htmlpage3.
Here is my code:

htmlPg1
<html>

<head>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--

function locate()
{
location="

http://../htmlPg2.html"

}
// End -->

</SCRIPT>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#008080" text="#FFFFFF">
<form action= "htmlPg2.html">
<p> Account Unit:
<select name= "UNIT">
<option value="12001">12001 </option>
<option value="12002">12002 </option>
<option value="12003">12003 </option>
<option value="12004">12004 </option>
<option value="12005">12005 </option>
<option value="12997">12997 </option>
<option value="13510">13510 </option>
<option value="13520">13520 </option>
<option value="13600">13600 </option>
<option value="15001">15501 </option>
<option value="15502">15502 </option>
<option value="15504">15504 </option>
<option value="15505">15505 </option>
<option value="15506">15506 </option>
<option value="15510">15510 </option>
<option value="15508">15508 </option>
<option value="15509">15509 </option>
</select><br>
<p> Password:
<input type="password" name="PASSWORD" size="10">
<input type="submit" name="submit" onClick="javascript:locate();">
</form>

</html>

Now my htmlPg2

<html>

<head>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--

function locate()
{
location="

http://../htmlPg3.html"

}
// End -->

</SCRIPT>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#008080" text="#FFFFFF">
<form action= "htmlPg3.html">
<p> Month:
<select size="1" name="MONTH" >
<option value="1">JAN</option>
<option value="2">FEB</option>
<option value="3">MAR</option>
<option value="4">APR</option>
<option value="5">MAY</option>
<option value="6">JUN</option>
<option value="7">JUL</option>
<option value="8">AUG</option>
<option value="9">SEP</option>
<option value="10">OCT</option>
<option value="11">NOV</option>
<option value="12">DEC</option>
</select><br>
<p> Year:
<select size="1" name="YEAR" >
<option selected value="2004">2004</option>
</select><br>
<p> Format:
<select size="1" name="WFMT">
<option value="PDF">PDF</option>
<option value="EXL2K">EXCEL</option>
<option value="HTML" selected>HTML</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" onClick="javascript:locate();">
</form>

</html>

Basically, how can I store the unit & password to be used in htmlPg3. Please help.

Microbe · Jun 1, 2004

I know this is a forum for helping each other and I am always happy to do that, but I feel obliged to point out that this is really basic form and variable stuff that is widely available on the web with minimal research.

Having said that, here is the solution

)

In htmlpg2 you grab the form variables from htmlpg1 and stick them into a hidden form variable

Code:

<input type="hidden" name="unit" value="<%=request.form("unit")%>">
<input type="hidden" name="password" value="<%=request.form("password")%>">

then in htmlpg3 you grab the form value in the normal way.

An alternative is to pass it via a querystring

Code:

<form action="htmlpg3.asp?unit=<%=request.form("unit")%>&password=<%=request.form("password")%>">

then grab from querystring in page 3

Where you are going to find a problem is submitting to htmlpg3.HTML from the form rather than .ASP - or you could do it in Javascript, but why would you be asking in the ASP forum?

Hope that helps

Steve Davis
hey.you AT HaHaHa.com.au

http://www.HaHaHa.com.au/weblog

Me? I can't even spell ASP!

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