title: How do I take input from an asp web form to a visual basic back end?
body: <p>Here's what I've come up with so far (from other research):</p>
  
  <pre><code>Dim strStudentEmail As String = If(Request.Form("StudentEmail"), "")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However when I check the output from this it comes out blank.</p>
  
  <p>The input comes from this text box markup on an asp webpage:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Student Email Address:
  &lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;asp:TextBox ID="StudentEmail" runat="server" AutoCompleteType="Email"&gt;&lt;/asp:TextBox&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>P.S. I'm very new to asp &amp; Visual Basic syntax. </p>