Having trouble with form requests

Question

I've setup two pages. 1.aspx, and 2.aspx.

on 1.aspx I have a form like so:

<form action="2.aspx" method="post" id="myform">
    <input type="hidden" value="this works" id="mydata" />
    <input type="submit" />
</form>

on 2.aspx I have this code:

Response.Write(Request.Form("mydata"))

This returns nothing.

I also tried

Response.Write(Request.Form(0))

but I get "Index was out of range." Message from the server.

I know I'm probably missing something very simple, but, I can't seem to find it!

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Answer 1

ID is used for client-side access. Give your hidden field name="mydata" for server-side form access

Answer 2

Instead of having

<input type="hidden" value="this works" id="mydata" />

have

<input type="hidden" value="this works" name="mydata" />

IF you want to keep id instead of name you have to write it out differently. you want to use document.getElementById instead of Request.form