F.2.5- Common Errors in the Use of Forms

Common Errors in the Use of Forms

• Wrong name or extension for the response page

• Wrong path for the response page

• ACTION specifies a response page that doesn't exist

• Forgetting to include a submit button (or some form of submit method)

• Leaving out the </FORM> closing tag

• Writing the wrong code on the wrong page: the first page must have the Form and the response page picks up the user's data and works with it

• Using POST and looking for data in Request.QueryString (POST data goes into the Forms collection)

• Using GET and look for the data in the Request.Form collection (GET data goes into the QueryString collections)

• Directing the visitor to the response page prior to the form page

• Leaving the .asp extension off of the response page

• Including some server-side scripting in the form page (for features outside the form) and not adding the .asp extension

• Using an include in the form which has script but the form itself lacks the .asp ending