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Asked: 2026-05-11T02:34:13+00:00

I have a simple form with some plain html input like bellow using ASP.NET

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I have a simple form with some plain html input like bellow using ASP.NET Web Forms (not MVC)

<table id='tbl_SchoolDetails'>     <tbody id='tbody_SchoolDetails'>         <tr>             <td>             School Name         </td>         <td>             <input id='SchoolDetails_SchoolName' type='text' value='<%= ViewModel.School.Name %>' />         </td>     </tr>     <tr>         <td>             Head Teacher         </td>         <td>             <input id='SchoolDetails_HeadTeacher_Name' type='text' value='<%= ViewModel.School.HeadTeacher.Name %>' />         </td>     </tr>     <tr>         <td>             Head Teacher Email         </td>         <td>             <input id='SchoolDetails_HeadTeacher_Email' type='text' value='<%= ViewModel.School.HeadTeacher.Email %>' />         </td>     </tr>     <tr>         <td>             Regent/Placement Contact         </td>         <td>             <input id='SchoolDetails_Regent_Name' type='text' value='<%= ViewModel.School.Regent.Name %>' />         </td>     </tr> </tbody> </table>

When I do a post back to the server the values of the text boxes are not contained in the Request.Form element. Is there some reason for this that I am missing. I am reluctant to use asp.net controls as the page is later going to require a fair amount of javascript for changing the ui and other stuff.

I know I could easily do this with MVC but unfortunatly a change to this is not an option at this time.

Cheers Colin G

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  1. Give the input both an id and a name and see if that doesn’t solve your problem.

    <input id='SchoolDetails_SchoolName'        name='SchoolDetails_SchoolName'        type='text'        value='<%= ViewModel.School.Name %>' />

    The id property only identifies the tag within the DOM. The name property allows the tag to be posted back as part of a form. An ASP.NET control, or an HTML element with runat=server, automatically gets both the name and id properties assigned.

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