Web Form Posting

[Ladyhawk]

I read somewhere that the web form model requires that each form be posted to the same form. So what's the point of the action attribute of the form tag?

Ladyhawk.
** ASP/VB/Java Programmer **

 

[LV]

Taken from Microsoft's web site.
"The action property of the HtmlForm tag is always the current page. Although this change was intended to prevent cross-page changes to the URL in a Web Form, this also prevents the change in the QueryString of a Web Form. You cannot change or remove the QueryString of a Web Form."
Here is the link to that article, that shows a work around as well:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810218

To me it's much simplier to submit the form to the same page and use IsPostBack property of Page class to separate a first run from the post back, rather than create a separate page to process form values. Matter of preference though.

 

[jasonsalas]

In ASP.NET, the value for a server-side <FORM>'s ACTION property is set to the current WebForm by default. You therefore don't need to set it if posting back to the same form.