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Asked: 2026-05-14T08:39:49+00:00

I have a classic asp application. I want to post a contest form from

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I have a classic asp application. I want to post a contest form from that page to an Asp.Net form. The reason is that I want to use a lot of logic i have built into an Asp.Net page for validation before entering into the database and I don’t know asp very well. Not to mention asp.Net being more secure.

What’s the best way to accomplish this goal? My thoughts are as follows:

My asp Page:

<html>
  <body>
    <form action="/Contests/entry.aspx" method="post">
      Name: <input type="text" name="fname" size="20" />
      Last Name: <input type="text" name="lname" size="20" />
      <input type="submit" value="Submit" />

    </form>
  </body>
</html>

aspx page is running in a Virtual Directory and would handle anything posted to it.

Is this possible, or does aspx prevent this kind of thing?

I ( preferably ) don’t want to create the form in aspx as my colleague wants to have control of the page and build the html himself and I don’t want the hassle of constantly changing it.

Are there caveats I need to consider?

What roadblocks will I run into?

How do I access the Posted Form Values? Request.Form?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This can be done and works fine. You will access the Posted Form values as you said via Request.Form.

    I think the biggest caveat is that you will need to handle invalid data in some way – typically with a webform the .aspx page would be displayed again with validation errors, but that would likely be inappropriate for your circumstance. Probably you will need to redirect them back to the .asp page with query string parameters indicating the failures and the page will need code allowing it to fill in the form fields with their previous values and display the error message.

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