Submitting form with a unique ID

Hi All,

I'm looking for some information/code samples on how I can create a
simple web form that includes an auto-generated Unique ID on the form.

The form includes the following 3 fields (Unique ID, First Name and
Last Name). I have a SQL Server 2000 back-end with the table created
as follows:

UniqueID - numeric (9)
FirstName - varchar (50)
LastName - varchar (50)

Ideally I would like the user just to enter their First and Last Name
and the form automatically creates a Unique ID for them. Once they
type in their First/Last Name the user submits the information to the
database. I've managed to get the web form created so that it submits
the First/Last Name successfully but I can't think how to create the
Unique ID, ideally I'd like this to be based around the time/date of
submittal.

Any guidance would be much appreciated.

Thanks

ScottJames... If you declare an IDENTITY column, SQL will return a
uniqueID upon INSERT. If you want to generate your own
uniqueID you could do a concatenation of the MAC address of the
client ethernet card plus a timestamp.

Regards,
Jeff
>I've managed to get the web form created so that it submits
the First/Last Name successfully but I can't think how to create the
Unique ID, ideally I'd like this to be based around the time/date of
submittal.<

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"James Brown" <i.m@.winning.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> I'm looking for some information/code samples on how I can create a
> simple web form that includes an auto-generated Unique ID on the form.
> The form includes the following 3 fields (Unique ID, First Name and
> Last Name). I have a SQL Server 2000 back-end with the table created
> as follows:
> UniqueID - numeric (9)
> FirstName - varchar (50)
> LastName - varchar (50)
> Ideally I would like the user just to enter their First and Last Name
> and the form automatically creates a Unique ID for them. Once they
> type in their First/Last Name the user submits the information to the
> database. I've managed to get the web form created so that it submits
> the First/Last Name successfully but I can't think how to create the
> Unique ID, ideally I'd like this to be based around the time/date of
> submittal.
> Any guidance would be much appreciated.
> Thanks
> Scott

Submitting Using Javascript

Hi everyone,

My question is related to making a form submit using javascript. Here is my
scenario. I have a form, which includes a user control. The user control
has a search button and a submit button. I have visably hidden th search
button by setting its appearance and added an HTML button which calls the
click event of my real server control button.

This works fine.

I now want to cause the click event of the search button to be called when
the user hits the enter key in the text search text box. I have done this by
using the OnKeyDown event of the body tag and check if the character is the
enter key. This does invoke the function and I can do an alert('hello
world'); to prove it is working.

However . . . . . . .

If I try and call the real search button click() from this event nothing
happens.

Does anyone have insight into what I am doing wrong or how I can resolve it.

Many ThanksThis is probably a bug but for some reason asp.net doesn't sent the form
post variables to the web server if one textbox is on the page. So, calling
the button click() would actually post the form; but asp.net would not run
any server side processing since it has no clue on what control caused the
postback. There is a way around this. You can drop an extra textbox on the
page and hide it with css. If 2 textboxes are on the page then all the form
post variables will be sent along with the page and calling the click() on
the button would actually run the server side code. To hide the textbox you
can do something like this:

<asp:TextBox runat="server" style="display:hidden;visibility:none;" />

I hope this works.

"Goofy" <me@.mine.comwrote in message
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Quote:

Originally Posted by

Hi everyone,
>
My question is related to making a form submit using javascript. Here is
my scenario. I have a form, which includes a user control. The user
control has a search button and a submit button. I have visably hidden th
search button by setting its appearance and added an HTML button which
calls the click event of my real server control button.
>
This works fine.
>
I now want to cause the click event of the search button to be called when
the user hits the enter key in the text search text box. I have done this
by using the OnKeyDown event of the body tag and check if the character is
the enter key. This does invoke the function and I can do an alert('hello
world'); to prove it is working.
>
However . . . . . . .
>
If I try and call the real search button click() from this event nothing
happens.
>
Does anyone have insight into what I am doing wrong or how I can resolve
it.
>
Many Thanks
>
>
>
>
>

Having made this change, when the enter key is pressed the form is
submitted, but I dont want a default submission, I need it to be the
btnSearch

function OKD(){ if (window.event.keyCode == 13 )
{
MultiProjectPicker1_btnSearch.click();
event.returnValue=false;
event.cancel = true; }
}

"tdavisjr" <tdavisjr@.gmail.comwrote in message
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Quote:

Originally Posted by

This is probably a bug but for some reason asp.net doesn't sent the form
post variables to the web server if one textbox is on the page. So,
calling the button click() would actually post the form; but asp.net would
not run any server side processing since it has no clue on what control
caused the postback. There is a way around this. You can drop an extra
textbox on the page and hide it with css. If 2 textboxes are on the page
then all the form post variables will be sent along with the page and
calling the click() on the button would actually run the server side code.
To hide the textbox you can do something like this:
>
<asp:TextBox runat="server" style="display:hidden;visibility:none;" />
>
I hope this works.
>
"Goofy" <me@.mine.comwrote in message
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Quote:

Originally Posted by

>Hi everyone,
>>
>My question is related to making a form submit using javascript. Here is
>my scenario. I have a form, which includes a user control. The user
>control has a search button and a submit button. I have visably hidden th
>search button by setting its appearance and added an HTML button which
>calls the click event of my real server control button.
>>
>This works fine.
>>
>I now want to cause the click event of the search button to be called
>when the user hits the enter key in the text search text box. I have done
>this by using the OnKeyDown event of the body tag and check if the
>character is the enter key. This does invoke the function and I can do an
>alert('hello world'); to prove it is working.
>>
>However . . . . . . .
>>
>If I try and call the real search button click() from this event nothing
>happens.
>>
>Does anyone have insight into what I am doing wrong or how I can resolve
>it.
>>
>Many Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

there are several possible problems.

1) you specified invisible for the button. this will cause the button to not
render, so there is nothing for javascript to call.

2) you are not using validation, so the button is a standard submit button.
in this case there is not a onclick routine to call.

a simple solution for what you want is to use onchange on the textbx and set
autopostback. then asp.net will generate javascript to postback.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

"Goofy" <me@.mine.comwrote in message
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Quote:

Originally Posted by

Hi everyone,
>
My question is related to making a form submit using javascript. Here is
my scenario. I have a form, which includes a user control. The user
control has a search button and a submit button. I have visably hidden th
search button by setting its appearance and added an HTML button which
calls the click event of my real server control button.
>
This works fine.
>
I now want to cause the click event of the search button to be called when
the user hits the enter key in the text search text box. I have done this
by using the OnKeyDown event of the body tag and check if the character is
the enter key. This does invoke the function and I can do an alert('hello
world'); to prove it is working.
>
However . . . . . . .
>
If I try and call the real search button click() from this event nothing
happens.
>
Does anyone have insight into what I am doing wrong or how I can resolve
it.
>
Many Thanks
>
>
>
>
>

Excellent

Just goes to show, the simple solution is easy once you know it. I never
thought to use AP on this, what a dummy I am.

Cheers

"bruce barker (sqlwork.com)" <b_r_u_c_e_removeunderscores@.sqlwork.comwrote
in message news:ukVX54t7GHA.2384@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

Quote:

Originally Posted by

there are several possible problems.
>
1) you specified invisible for the button. this will cause the button to
not render, so there is nothing for javascript to call.
>
2) you are not using validation, so the button is a standard submit
button. in this case there is not a onclick routine to call.
>
a simple solution for what you want is to use onchange on the textbx and
set autopostback. then asp.net will generate javascript to postback.
>
>
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
>
>
>
>
"Goofy" <me@.mine.comwrote in message
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Quote:

Originally Posted by

>Hi everyone,
>>
>My question is related to making a form submit using javascript. Here is
>my scenario. I have a form, which includes a user control. The user
>control has a search button and a submit button. I have visably hidden th
>search button by setting its appearance and added an HTML button which
>calls the click event of my real server control button.
>>
>This works fine.
>>
>I now want to cause the click event of the search button to be called
>when the user hits the enter key in the text search text box. I have done
>this by using the OnKeyDown event of the body tag and check if the
>character is the enter key. This does invoke the function and I can do an
>alert('hello world'); to prove it is working.
>>
>However . . . . . . .
>>
>If I try and call the real search button click() from this event nothing
>happens.
>>
>Does anyone have insight into what I am doing wrong or how I can resolve
>it.
>>
>Many Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

>
>

Submitting Using Javascript

Hi everyone,
My question is related to making a form submit using javascript. Here is my
scenario. I have a form, which includes a user control. The user control
has a search button and a submit button. I have visably hidden th search
button by setting its appearance and added an HTML button which calls the
click event of my real server control button.
This works fine.
I now want to cause the click event of the search button to be called when
the user hits the enter key in the text search text box. I have done this by
using the OnKeyDown event of the body tag and check if the character is the
enter key. This does invoke the function and I can do an alert('hello
world'); to prove it is working.
However . . . . . . .
If I try and call the real search button click() from this event nothing
happens.
Does anyone have insight into what I am doing wrong or how I can resolve it.
Many ThanksThis is probably a bug but for some reason asp.net doesn't sent the form
post variables to the web server if one textbox is on the page. So, calling
the button click() would actually post the form; but asp.net would not run
any server side processing since it has no clue on what control caused the
postback. There is a way around this. You can drop an extra textbox on the
page and hide it with css. If 2 textboxes are on the page then all the form
post variables will be sent along with the page and calling the click() on
the button would actually run the server side code. To hide the textbox you
can do something like this:
<asp:TextBox runat="server" style="display:hidden;visibility:none;" />
I hope this works.
"Goofy" <me@.mine.com> wrote in message
news:eNZ#6Jt7GHA.4288@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi everyone,
> My question is related to making a form submit using javascript. Here is
> my scenario. I have a form, which includes a user control. The user
> control has a search button and a submit button. I have visably hidden th
> search button by setting its appearance and added an HTML button which
> calls the click event of my real server control button.
> This works fine.
> I now want to cause the click event of the search button to be called when
> the user hits the enter key in the text search text box. I have done this
> by using the OnKeyDown event of the body tag and check if the character is
> the enter key. This does invoke the function and I can do an alert('hello
> world'); to prove it is working.
> However . . . . . . .
> If I try and call the real search button click() from this event nothing
> happens.
> Does anyone have insight into what I am doing wrong or how I can resolve
> it.
> Many Thanks
>
>
>
Having made this change, when the enter key is pressed the form is
submitted, but I dont want a default submission, I need it to be the
btnSearch
function OKD(){ if (window.event.keyCode == 13 )
{
MultiProjectPicker1_btnSearch.click();
event.returnValue=false;
event.cancel = true; }
}
"tdavisjr" <tdavisjr@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23PRIIZt7GHA.4408@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> This is probably a bug but for some reason asp.net doesn't sent the form
> post variables to the web server if one textbox is on the page. So,
> calling the button click() would actually post the form; but asp.net would
> not run any server side processing since it has no clue on what control
> caused the postback. There is a way around this. You can drop an extra
> textbox on the page and hide it with css. If 2 textboxes are on the page
> then all the form post variables will be sent along with the page and
> calling the click() on the button would actually run the server side code.
> To hide the textbox you can do something like this:
> <asp:TextBox runat="server" style="display:hidden;visibility:none;" />
> I hope this works.
> "Goofy" <me@.mine.com> wrote in message
> news:eNZ#6Jt7GHA.4288@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
there are several possible problems.
1) you specified invisible for the button. this will cause the button to not
render, so there is nothing for javascript to call.
2) you are not using validation, so the button is a standard submit button.
in this case there is not a onclick routine to call.
a simple solution for what you want is to use onchange on the textbx and set
autopostback. then asp.net will generate javascript to postback.
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
"Goofy" <me@.mine.com> wrote in message
news:eNZ%236Jt7GHA.4288@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi everyone,
> My question is related to making a form submit using javascript. Here is
> my scenario. I have a form, which includes a user control. The user
> control has a search button and a submit button. I have visably hidden th
> search button by setting its appearance and added an HTML button which
> calls the click event of my real server control button.
> This works fine.
> I now want to cause the click event of the search button to be called when
> the user hits the enter key in the text search text box. I have done this
> by using the OnKeyDown event of the body tag and check if the character is
> the enter key. This does invoke the function and I can do an alert('hello
> world'); to prove it is working.
> However . . . . . . .
> If I try and call the real search button click() from this event nothing
> happens.
> Does anyone have insight into what I am doing wrong or how I can resolve
> it.
> Many Thanks
>
>
>
Excellent
Just goes to show, the simple solution is easy once you know it. I never
thought to use AP on this, what a dummy I am.
Cheers
"bruce barker (sqlwork.com)" <b_r_u_c_e_removeunderscores@.sqlwork.com> wrote
in message news:ukVX54t7GHA.2384@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> there are several possible problems.
> 1) you specified invisible for the button. this will cause the button to
> not render, so there is nothing for javascript to call.
> 2) you are not using validation, so the button is a standard submit
> button. in this case there is not a onclick routine to call.
> a simple solution for what you want is to use onchange on the textbx and
> set autopostback. then asp.net will generate javascript to postback.
>
> -- bruce (sqlwork.com)
>
>
> "Goofy" <me@.mine.com> wrote in message
> news:eNZ%236Jt7GHA.4288@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>

Suggestion regarding Top/footer includes

Hello,

I have the following situation. On all of my pages I would like to include a top and footer ascx file. Therefore I created two user controls. Now the the top.ascx contains another usercontrol which is a menu and shown in a table and each link in that menu is seperated with a line break. Somethin like this:

link1
link2
link3
...

Now this menu is in a table. The table looks like this:

<table width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<td width="15%">
MENU HERE
</td>
<td>
CONTENT WILL BE HERE
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table
Now I need to get rid of everything what comes after the MENU HERE <TD>, because this will be used for my main content. and the table will be closed then in the footer. However webmatrix always adds the missing html tags and therefore my table always looks like shown above. I hope that you guys understand what I mean. Is there anything I can do or is this is the wrong way?

ThanksI recommend that you use MasterPages, where you place the footer/header in that template.

Regards.
Arent MasterPages only in 2.0? I am using 1.1.
Nop, try to download this forum code and see how master pages are being used.

regards.
Thanks haider_balal,

I can imagine that the code for this forum is complicated and that it contains a lot of stuff. Isnt there an easier article which explains master pages in 1.1?
Hello, try to check this and give me your opinion:

MasterPages Templating Framework

regards.
2.0 will be so much fun
Why wait till asp.net 2.0 ? We can still use it in 1.1 !!!!!

regards.