[Webware-discuss] how do i use form fields?

[Ian L <me...@pa...>]

i've got a psp page with about 4 lines of code on it, which isnt working.

I've imported cgi, and i have the following lines of code:
<%
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
formname = form["name"].value
%>
some html
<%=formname%>

when i submit the form to this page, i get the error:
fileitem = form["name"].value File "/usr/local/lib/python2.1/cgi.py", line 
550, in __getitem__ raise KeyError,
key KeyError: name

But i KNOW there is a form field called name. In fact in the debug info 
under the HTTPRequest field. I'm guessing instead of using cgi.FieldStorage 
i have to access the HTTPRequest class in some way. Can anyone point me to 
some sample code that shows me the correct way of doing this?

thanks