im trying to use the MsgBox function in the following to display an ASP
MsgBox containing text retrieved from the db into a recordset

<%
set rsMessages= myRecordset
msg_text = rsMessages.Fields("msg_text")
msgbox(msg_text)
%>

this generates a permission denied error b/c msgbox needs to run client side
so i tried the same code but used

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">
</SCRIPT>

in place of the <% %> tags

but now i just get an empty message box

i must be misunderstanding something with the way the msgbox function works
in terms of client side vs server side.

any help would be much appreciated

jt

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"JT" <jt@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:#LMsb1abEHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> im trying to use the MsgBox function in the following to display an ASP
> MsgBox containing text retrieved from the db into a recordset
>
> <%
> set rsMessages= myRecordset
> msg_text = rsMessages.Fields("msg_text")
> msgbox(msg_text)
> %>
>
> this generates a permission denied error b/c msgbox needs to run client[/color]
side[color=blue]
> so i tried the same code but used
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">
> </SCRIPT>
>
> in place of the <% %> tags
>
> but now i just get an empty message box
>
> i must be misunderstanding something with the way the msgbox function[/color]
works[color=blue]
> in terms of client side vs server side.
>
> any help would be much appreciated
>
> jt
>
>
>
>[/color]

Well, you understand server-side vs. client-side. Now all you have to do is
bridge the two together. You want to use a msgbox, which MUST take place in
the client environment, but you want to display data that is available in
the server-side environment. So, you need to pass the server-side value to
something that the client can see. Here's how to do that.

<%
'''server side code
set rsMessages= myRecordset
msg_text = rsMessages.Fields("msg_text")
%>

<script language="vbscript">
''client side code
msgbox "<%=msg_text%>"
</script>

You'll notice when you load the page and view source, the client-side script
will have the literal value of msg_text the same way that it would if you
just put something like <td><%=msg_text%></td> somewhere.

BTW, client-side vbscript is pretty much ill-advised...

Ray at work

"JT" <jt@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23LMsb1abEHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> im trying to use the MsgBox function in the following to display an ASP
> MsgBox containing text retrieved from the db into a recordset
>
> <%
> set rsMessages= myRecordset
> msg_text = rsMessages.Fields("msg_text")
> msgbox(msg_text)
> %>
>
> this generates a permission denied error b/c msgbox needs to run client
> side
> so i tried the same code but used
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">
> </SCRIPT>
>
> in place of the <% %> tags
>
> but now i just get an empty message box
>
> i must be misunderstanding something with the way the msgbox function
> works
> in terms of client side vs server side.
>
> any help would be much appreciated
>
> jt
>
>
>
>[/color]

"JT" <jt@nospam.com> wrote in
news:#LMsb1abEHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
[color=blue]
> im trying to use the MsgBox function in the following to display an
> ASP MsgBox containing text retrieved from the db into a recordset
>
> <%
> set rsMessages= myRecordset
> msg_text = rsMessages.Fields("msg_text")
> msgbox(msg_text)
> %>
>
> this generates a permission denied error b/c msgbox needs to run
> client side so i tried the same code but used
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">
> </SCRIPT>
>
> in place of the <% %> tags
>
> but now i just get an empty message box
>
> i must be misunderstanding something with the way the msgbox function
> works in terms of client side vs server side.
>
> any help would be much appreciated
>
> jt
>
>
>
>
>[/color]

maybe i mis-understand you, but if you are trying to generate a msgbox
with SERVER side code (on the server), then you';ll be at it forever....
it cant be done with JUST asp.

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