Question about forms

Ok, bare with me, as I'm 100% newbie to asp.

I've got a series of items each item has itemName, itemDescription, and itemPrice. Let's say I have 8 of them. Ok, what I've done so far is created an array:

intMaxProduct = 9
intMaxArraySize = 3

Dim strParts2Darray( (intMaxProduct - 1), (intMaxArraySize - 1) )

strParts2Darray(0,0) = "Widgets"
strParts2Darray(0,1) = "This widget contains a wedge-shaped wedge."
strParts2Darray(0,2) = 1699.00

etc...

Now, the next thing I do is an attempt manipulate this array. So, along with doing that, I also create a table to display the contents of the array. The next step is to eventually, pull this information from a database... which will be my next set of questions :

If Request.Form("Submit") <> "" Then
For intProductCounter = 0 to ( intMaxProduct - 1 )
varFrmQty = "frmQty_" & intProductCounter
if EXECUTE(Request.Form(""" & varFrmQty & """)) > 0 Then
dblSubTotal = dblSubTotal + (strParts2Darray(intProductCounter,2) * EXECUTE(Request.Form(""" & varFrmQty & """)))
End If
Next
dblTax = CDbl(Request.Form("frmTax"))
dblShipping = CDbl(Request.Form("frmShipping"))
dblTotal = dblTax + dblShipping + dblSubTotal
End If

Response.Write "<form action=""howtobuy.asp"" method=""post"" name=""frmproduct"" id=""frmProduct"">"
Response.Write "<table border=""0"" width=""388"" cellpadding=""0"" cellspacing=""0"" class=""text"">"
Response.Write "<tr><th>Qty</th><th>Product</th><th>Description</th><th>Price( $USD )</th></tr>"
For intInnerCounter = 0 to ( intMaxProduct - 1 )
Response.Write "<tr>"
strfrmQty = "frmQty_" & intInnerCounter
Response.Write "<td><input name=""" & strfrmqty & """ type=""text"" id=""" & strfrmQty & """ value=""0"" size=""4"" maxlength=""4"" /></td>"
For intOutterCounter = 0 to ( intMaxArraySize - 1 )
If intOutterCounter = 1 Then
Response.Write "<td class=""text_sm"">" & strParts2Darray(intInnerCounter, intOutterCounter) & "</td>"
Else
Response.Write "<td>" & strParts2Darray(intInnerCounter, intOutterCounter) & "</td>"
End If
Next
Response.Write "</tr>"
Next
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Ok, after the brief background... here's my concern, all the tutorials I see that deal with forms, none of them produce it the way I do. They actually type out the the table and place all the info then use asp to grab all the elements. Even though, I'm creating the table programmitically, will i still be able to grab the elements? Is there a better way to do this?

I would definitly rewrite the initial part of that code to this:-

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IfRequest.Form("Submit")<>""Then
	ForintProductCounter=0to(intMaxProduct-1)
		varFrmQty="frmQty_"&intProductCounter
		ifRequest.Form(varFrmQty)>0Then
			dblSubTotal=dblSubTotal+(strParts2Darray(intProductCounter,2)*cInt(Request.Form(varFrmQty)
		EndIf
	Next

	dblTax=CDbl(Request.Form("frmTax"))
	dblShipping=CDbl(Request.Form("frmShipping"))
	dblTotal=dblTax+dblShipping+dblSubTotal
EndIf

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ok, I've gotten things to work so far; however, after I calculate, my quanity for whatever item(s) being purchased returns to zero. Do I need to insert a varible there like, <%= dblQty_# %>?

Also, I can't seem to get it to print doubles, like "$5.00" or $5.50". It shows as "$5" or "$5.5"... any ideas?

You have to use the FormatCurrency function. I use this page http://www.w3schools.com/vbscript/vb..._functions.asp a lot for a reference.

jakyra