Child Form to Parent Form

[WmFenn]

Ok,

I have a form that passes it's values to a submission page written in ASP. The submission page has an include file that checks the values of the user input for invalid characters using RegExp patterns. If the input doesn't match the pattern, I want user to be redirected to the form and have the invalid input highlighted. I can get the form to redirect using "history.go(-1)" but this doesn't allow me to specify what field to highlight.

[WmFenn]

PS: I don't want to use Pop-Up windows.

[redhead]

Normaly you'd do this another way, I'm used to php, so here is an example of that, if you're used to reading another language it should be a breeze to alter to be asp.

PHP Code:

<?php
if(isset($_POST['name'] || isset($_POST['email'])
{/* handle the submit request */
    if($_POST['name'] == "")
        $error_name="<a href=# title='Error in submitted name, it must be filled out'><font color=#FF0000>!</font></a>";
    if($_POST['email'] == "")
        $error_email="<a href=# title='Error in submitted email, it must be filled out'><font color=#FF0000>!</font></a>";
    if(!isset($error_name) && !isset($error_email))
    {
        /* do the submitting and all that */
        echo "Thanks for your submitting";
        exit;
    }
}
echo "
<form action='$PHP_SELF'>
$error_name
<input type='text' name='name' value='$_POST[name]'>
$error_email
<input type='text name='email' value='$_POST[email]'>
<input type='submit'>";
?>