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  • Ryann
    #1

    Passing Data with Hidden Fields

    Hello.

    I am creating a form that has 5 steps/pages. Each page contains about
    20 fields. But I don't want to write them until they submit on the
    last page. I figured out that I can use hidden fields to carry the
    data from the previous forms forward. If should bascially work like
    this:

    Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6
    20 Fields 20 Fields 20 Fields 20 Fields 20 Fields 100 Hidden
    20 Hidden 40 Hidden 60 Hidden 80 Hidden Write to DB

    But the problem I am having is when I submit page 4 page 5 won't load.
    No error, it just won'tload. It seems to be overburdened. Is there a
    max on the number of fields it can pass? Is there a better way to go
    about doing this that someone can suggest? Or a suggestion that
    someone can make to fix this problem?

    Thanks in advance.
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    • Dan Brussee
      #2
      Re: Passing Data with Hidden Fields

      On 28 Nov 2003 11:10:11 -0800, fianna_sidhe@ho tmail.com (Ryann) wrote:
      [color=blue]
      >Hello.
      >
      >I am creating a form that has 5 steps/pages. Each page contains about
      >20 fields. But I don't want to write them until they submit on the
      >last page. I figured out that I can use hidden fields to carry the
      >data from the previous forms forward. If should bascially work like
      >this:
      >
      >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6
      >20 Fields 20 Fields 20 Fields 20 Fields 20 Fields 100 Hidden
      > 20 Hidden 40 Hidden 60 Hidden 80 Hidden Write to DB
      >
      >But the problem I am having is when I submit page 4 page 5 won't load.
      >No error, it just won'tload. It seems to be overburdened. Is there a
      >max on the number of fields it can pass? Is there a better way to go
      >about doing this that someone can suggest? Or a suggestion that
      >someone can make to fix this problem?
      >
      >Thanks in advance.[/color]

      If it is convenient, you could build up one hidden variable for the
      entire collection of 2 fields with a seperator. Then you can use split
      method to get the information back..

      Page 1
      P1ITM1
      P2ITM2
      P3ITM3

      Page 2
      (hidden) P1 = ITM1 + "|" + ITM2 "|" + ITM3...
      P2ITM1
      P2ITM2
      ....

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        • Bhaskardeep Khaund
          #3
          Re: Passing Data with Hidden Fields

          Hi,

          Alternatively you can write the data into a temporary text file and append it as you go on through the form. At the last form read all the values along with the vales of the last form and put it into the database. Just make a format for the text file so when you pick-up the data it is easier for you.

          Regards,
          Bhaskardeep Khaund

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            • Ryann
              #4
              ASP Pages Hang with IE 6.0 SP1 (Was Re: Passing Data with Hidden Fields)

              I have a form that passes hidden fields across 5 pages before writing
              them to the DB on page 6. I thought maybe I was overburdening it in
              some way by passing 100 hidden fields. When I originally posted this
              problem I was working at a workstation with IE 6.0 SP1 installed. The
              application hangs when loading some forms.

              I worked on it from another location where I had IE 5.5 installed and
              I can complete the forms all the way to step6.asp and write the the
              database. Here is an outline of the behavior:

              Windows XP - IE 6.0 SP1 : Hangs on Step5.asp
              Windows XP - IE 6.0 SP1 (alternate location): Hung on Step3.asp
              (yesterday) Hangs on Step5.asp (Today)
              Windows 98 - IE 6.0 SP1: Hangs on Step5.asp
              Windows 2000 - IE 5.5: Can complete all forms
              Windows NT 4.0 - IE 5.0: Can complete all forms

              Also if I load the page directly using the path instead of opening it
              from the form submit on step4.asp the page loads corectly.

              If anyone has encountered these problems or has some idea on how to go
              about optimizing my code to avoid them I would appreciate feedback.

              Thank you.

              *************** *************** *************** *************** *************** ***


              "Bhaskardee p Khaund" <bhaskar 999@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<eeZVgIytD HA.2360@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl>. ..[color=blue]
              > Hi,
              >
              > Alternatively you can write the data into a temporary text file and
              > append it as you go on through the form. At the last form read all the
              > values along with the vales of the last form and put it into the
              > database. Just make a format for the text file so when you pick-up the
              > data it is easier for you.
              >
              > Regards,
              > Bhaskardeep Khaund
              >
              > --[/color]

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                • Scott
                  #5
                  Re: ASP Pages Hang with IE 6.0 SP1 (Was Re: Passing Data with Hidden Fields)

                  I have encountered this in two situations:

                  When using popups and when dealing with multiple pages. To resolve the
                  situation I changed the following:

                  Request("field" ) to Request.QuerySt ring("field")

                  and when parsing the info to be passed to the next page I changed:

                  "page.asp?field =" & strVal to "page.asp?field =" &
                  Server.URLEncod e(strVal)

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