Question

If I have a simple html page with a small form whose data I’d like to store in a DB on the server, what do I need on my server to be able to accept the form input?

I’d rather not use any ASP.NET code in the HTML page.

Answer 1

As I mentioned in the comments, the closest thing to a Java Servlet in ASP.NET is a raw implementation of IHttpHandler. You’ll note it has the following contract:

bool IsReusable { get; };
void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context);

This is very similar to a Java servlet which exposes the method:

service(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res);

The difference being that in ProcessRequest you’ll grab context.Request and context.Response.

Finally, you need to register your handler in the web.config:

<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <httpHandlers>
      <add verb="*" path="/Url/Path/To/Your/Handler" type="SampleHandler, SampleHandlerAssembly" />
    </httpHandlers>
  </system.web>
</configuration>