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Is that e-mail field disabled? If it is, some browsers won't send the data to the server. what you can do, if it is, is onsubmit, enable that e-mail field.

Zoidberg 2010-03-30 18:37:37

Nope, both are just standard <input name="email"> fields

Jon 2010-03-30 19:15:34

What browsers don't submit a disabled form field? All major browsers will submit a disabled form field. The disabled attribute is merely to prevent user interaction.

Bialecki 2010-03-31 02:37:25

IE I am quite certain, I have had trouble with it not submitting disabled form fields, but that could have been in quirks mode. Normally I would delete my inaccurate answer, but it could possibly help someone doing a search down the road.

Zoidberg 2010-03-31 11:35:20

Answer 2

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As a quick-fix hack, you can code a hidden email textbox into that second/bottom form, and have it's text be empty string "" or perhaps a dummy email.

It does not address the problem, but it should do the trick.

rlb.usa 2010-03-30 18:37:57

That would avoid the error, but then someone would assume they actually signed up when in fact the dummy email would just be sent, no?

Jon 2010-03-30 19:15:05

Answer 3

+1 A:

Without seeing the structure of the page, this may be off (if so, I apologize):

Generally speaking, the FORM that you are controlling via Javascript (submit) should be outside the "main" asp.net server side form.

So structurally:

<html>
<body>
   <form id="the_asp_net_server_side_form" runat="server">       
    ....asp.net controls, content, etc.....
    ....this section is the server-side asp.net form.....
   </form>

   <form id="standard_html_form1" action="blah">
        ....standard html <input> fields
        ....do whatever you want with javascript
        ....if you need to use "old school/legacy" asp style <%= %> code, do so
   </form>

   <form id="standard_html_form2" action="blah">
        ....standard html <input> fields
        ....do whatever you want with javascript
        ....if you need to use "old school/legacy" asp style <%= %> code, do so
   </form>
</body>
</html>

This of course assumes that you need to POST data outside of your ASP.net app (to some external url)....

EdSF 2010-03-30 18:55:03

Hmm, but how would I do that if this form is right in the middle of the ASP page? Also, I can't use actual ASP code in the second form as that form is in an XSLT document.

Jon 2010-03-30 19:16:53

You can't "nest" forms, so the above does some "trickery" with JavaScript if the PostbackURL doesn't do it for you. Taking a step back - can you pls clarify why Postbackurl doesn't work for you?

EdSF 2010-03-30 22:24:47

Answer 4

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I'd inspect the HTML by viewing the source, but the likely culprit is that you cannot have nested forms in HTML. If you nest a form in HTML the inner form is ignored and the outer form submitted.

<form id="outer" onsubmit="alert('outer');return false;">
    <form id="inner" onsubmit="alert('inner');return false;">
        <input type="submit" value="Go" />
    </form>
</form>

You can demo this behavior here: http://jsfiddle.net/eRZQD/.

Given this, it's likely you're trying to submit the inner form but the outer form is actually being submitted, which includes a blank email field which is causing your error. You definitely will want to remove the nesting or rework the HTML such that the inner submit button does something slightly different than an outer submit button.

Bialecki 2010-03-31 02:36:02

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