hey,

my brain is fried. I can't think anymore
i am using asp.net with vb
my question is more of an idea how to do what i am asking for:

situation
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i got a profile page
when it loads first,
the fields are created dynamically on the server side
then fields are populated with the information from a db.

on submit, i want to check if these fields are blank.
the problem i am is when submit is clicked, postback begins and it recreates the textboxes the re-populates the fields again.

Problem
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on postback i want to retain the textboxes already created as well as the field values when someone hits submits.

Solution
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How can i do this, easy or hard, just a way that works.

thnx

What you should probably do is capture the values from the post into variables before you do any form building. If the values aren't blank, you show those values, if they are blank, you query the DB.

I create the textboxes on the server side from certain fields from a query.

How can i save those when a postback is being done ?
I have all the fields going to variables alread.

If you're capturing the values of the post into variables, then you are saving them. Then when the page loads, you check to see if those variables have values. If not, then you query the DB to load them. If not, you don't query the DB.