Oliver, instead of:
if( Password1 != Password2 )
don't you want:
if ( ! Password1.equals (Password2))
Jim
Oliver Kaljuvee wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I am testing out a simple form that takes four values. The starting
> page is called test.jsp, which has an action to process.jsp (the code
> below). The insertion to the database works fine, however, the code
> has a flaw when checking for the passwords; it always considers the
> passwords being different; in other words it keeps going in a loop.
> For instance, when on test.jsp I fill in the values; it will go to
> process.jsp and always executes the code after the if-statement
> regardless whether the passwords were identical or not. Can anyone
> see right off the back what the problem might be?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> -- Oliver
>
>
> <HTML>
> <HEAD>
> <TITLE>TestResults</TITLE>
> </HEAD>
>
> <BEAN NAME="jspDb"
> TYPE="com.livesoftware.jrun.plugins.jsp.beans.JSPDBConnection"
> SCOPE="session">
> </BEAN>
>
> <!--#include file="dbsettings.jsp"-->
>
> <%
>
> // declare variables
> String FirstName = "";
> String LastName = "";
> String Password1 = "";
> String Password2 = "";
>
> String sql = "";
>
> // set up the database connection
>
> jspDb.setDriver(JDBC_DRIVER);
> jspDb.setUrl(JDBC_URL);
> jspDb.setPoolSize(JDBC_POOLSIZE);
> jspDb.setUser(JDBC_USR);
> jspDb.setPass(JDBC_PWD);
> jspDb.open(JDBC_DBNAME);
>
> // get the values from the form
> FirstName = ((String) Request.Form("FirstName"));
> LastName = ((String) Request.Form("LastName"));
> Password1 = ((String) Request.Form("Password1"));
> Password2 = ((String) Request.Form("Password2"));
>
> if( Password1 != Password2 )
> {
>
> // this the html from the starting page (test.jsp):
> %>
>
> <html>
> <body>
> </head>
> <body>
> <form NAME="register" METHOD="POST" ACTION="process.jsp">
> <h1>The passwords have to be identical!</h1><br><br>
> FNM: <input type="text" name="FirstName" size=20>*<br>
> LNM: <input type="text" name="LastName" size=20>*<br>
> PWD: <input type="password" name="Password1" size=20><br>
> PWD: <input type="password" name="Password2" size=20><br><br>
> * Required Fields<br><br>
> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
> </form>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> <% }
> else
> {
> sql = "INSERT INTO test (UserID, FirstName, LastName, Password1,
> Password2) values " +
> "(DEFAULT, '" + FirstName + "', '" + LastName + "', '" + Password1 +
> "'," +
> "'" + Password2 + "')";
>
> jspDb.setSql(sql);
> JSPDBResult[] rs = jspDb.execute();
> }
> %>
>
> Password 1:
> <%= Password1 %>
> <p>
> Password 2:
> <%= Password2 %>
> <p>
> <center>Thank you for submitting...</center>
>
> </HTML>
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