HTTP Post request with tab delimited field

Question

I've been asked to set up a web service for account creation. The inbound HTTP Post request contains a single formatted field containing tab delimited fields with a header line wrapped in tags.

Here's a sample:

accountRequest=<NewUser>
userName password fName lName
ABC123 wzbtw88g Joe Bloggs
</NewUser>

Can anyone help me understand how to parse it with Classic ASP?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '12 at 02:26

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extract the values into a string and do something like this

<%

str="userName   password    fName   lName   ABC123  wzbtw88g    Joe Bloggs"

arr=split(str,vbTab)

for i=lbound(arr) to ubound(arr)
    response.write i & "=" & arr(i) &"<BR>"
next

%>

answered Jan 27 '12 at 02:26

Dee

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+1 Close enough, although it doesn't show how to handle the strange `` tag in form field. – AnthonyWJones Jan 27 '12 at 09:15
Thanks, and yes, the tag is what I can't seem to find solutions for. – greener Jan 27 '12 at 13:48
just use a "replace" function to get rid of it. – Dee Jan 27 '12 at 17:38

HTTP Post request with tab delimited field

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