ASP.net form submission and getting values

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1

Hi,

I am new to ASP.net.

How do I capture the values of a form which submits to a different page, my code looks something like below:

The form is in default.aspx page and it submits to search-results.aspx page.


 <form id="form1" runat="server">
                       <asp:TextBox ID="txtKeyword" runat="server" CssClass="TextBox" ForeColor="#CCCCCC" MaxLength="150" Width="240px"></asp:TextBox>
                                <asp:DropDownList ID="intSaleRental" runat="server" CssClass="TextBox">
                                    <asp:ListItem Value=0 Selected="True">Property Type</asp:ListItem>
                                    <asp:ListItem Value=1>For Sale</asp:ListItem>
                                    <asp:ListItem Value=2>For Rent</asp:ListItem>
                                </asp:DropDownList>

                                <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" PostBackUrl="~/search-results.aspx" CssClass="Button" Text="Submit" Font-Size="7pt" Height="20px" />
</form>

On search-results.aspx page I try to get the values using:


string txtKeyword = Request.Form ("txtKeyword");
string intSaleRental= Request.Form ("intSaleRental");

But I get null values.

When I view the source code in browse it shows “c00lt” as prefix of textbox and dropdown listbox names.

Please advice.

2

Try setting the ClientIDMode on the textbox and the drop down list to Static. That way it should use txtKeyword and intSaleRental as the names of the form fields.

3

Using ClientIDMode will work yes. But you also need to use square brackets instead of normal braces.

string txtKeyword = Request.Form (“txtKeyword”);
string intSaleRental= Request.Form (“intSaleRental”);

should be:

string txtKeyword = Request.Form[“txtKeyword”];
string intSaleRental= Request.Form[“intSaleRental”];