ASP Basics
6-a: The Handy Dandy Session VariableVariables? I thought we already talked about variables? Well, we talked about "normal" variables. Session Variables are in a league all their own. Session Variables are also very closely tied to cookies, which is why I waited until now to present them to you. In many ways Session Variables have a great deal more power and flexibility than regular variables but there are some drawbacks as well. |
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6-b: Request.QueryString: Passing Information AlongNow that you know how to pass information from one page to another using a Session Variable, let's talk about a different way to pass information along. Request.QueryString is used to retrieve information directly from the URL. Let's take a real-life situation and see how Request.QueryString works: |
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7-a: Setting Up Your FormsI'm sure that many of you reading this have already dealt with forms before. This section is intended as a refresher course to make sure we are all on the same page when we get into processing the forms in the next section. |
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7-b: Request.Form: Getting the InfoNow that you have had your refresher course on form elements, we'll jump into the ASP way of processing those forms. While we discussed the different form elements in the last section, we didn't discuss how to define the form itself. To define a form on your page you will need to use the tags. Within the |
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7-c: Sending Out Some EmailThere are literally billions of emails flying around the globe almost every day. Because of this ever increasing reliance on email, ASP has the ability to generate email on the fly. This is a very useful tool especially for automated responses to subscription submissions, information requests and e-commerce applications. |
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