Convert Physical path to Virtual path? - ASP / Active Server Pages

Scott Tilton

We have a field that gets filled into a database that our ASP website pulls
from. What we would like to be able to do is to take that path and convert
it to a virtual path so the website can display the image. We have setup
with our website a virtual directory for: "g:\quotewerks\ images\" which is
http://www.ourwebsite/images.

So, below you can see the data we pull from the field in the database, and
what I need it to look like. Can anyone help me out with the code to do
this?

From database:

q:\quotewerks\i mages\contact systems\contac3 s.jpg
q:\quotewerks\i mages\fuji\cp6-5 cal\mvc-012f(2).jpg
q:\quotewerks\i mages\front emerald.jpg

Needs to be changed to:

/images/contact systems/contac3s.jpg
/images/fuji/cp6-5 cal/mvc-012f(2).jpg
/images/front emerald.jpg
Any help would be great, thanks!

Best Regards,

Scott B. Tilton

Avantek Services
Phone: (603)742-1333 Ext. 26
Fax: (603)299-0323
st*****@avantek services.com or st*****@avsv.co m
www.avantekservices.com or www.avsv.com

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Jul 19 '05 #1

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path = "q:\quotewerks\ images\front emerald.jpg"
path = replace(replace (path, "q:\quoteworks" , ""), "\", "/")
response.write path
"Scott Tilton" <st*****@avante kservices.com> wrote in message
news:Og******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...

We have a field that gets filled into a database that our ASP website pulls from. What we would like to be able to do is to take that path and convert it to a virtual path so the website can display the image. We have setup
with our website a virtual directory for: "g:\quotewerks\ images\" which is http://www.ourwebsite/images.

So, below you can see the data we pull from the field in the database, and
what I need it to look like. Can anyone help me out with the code to do
this?

From database:

q:\quotewerks\i mages\contact systems\contac3 s.jpg
q:\quotewerks\i mages\fuji\cp6-5 cal\mvc-012f(2).jpg
q:\quotewerks\i mages\front emerald.jpg

Needs to be changed to:

/images/contact systems/contac3s.jpg
/images/fuji/cp6-5 cal/mvc-012f(2).jpg
/images/front emerald.jpg
Any help would be great, thanks!

Best Regards,

Scott B. Tilton

Avantek Services
Phone: (603)742-1333 Ext. 26
Fax: (603)299-0323
st*****@avantek services.com or st*****@avsv.co m
www.avantekservices.com or www.avsv.com

"A focused mind is the ultimate weapon." - Unknown

** Support Cancer Research: http://www.rosepedal2003.com **

Jul 19 '05 #2

Dhananjay Modak

One way is:
- read physical path
- use combination of mid and instr functions to find the 2nd slash
- cut the string at the 2nd slash (assumption: first directory is the root
of the web site)

cheers
Dhananjay

"Scott Tilton" <st*****@avante kservices.com> wrote in message
news:Og******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...

We have a field that gets filled into a database that our ASP website pulls from. What we would like to be able to do is to take that path and convert it to a virtual path so the website can display the image. We have setup
with our website a virtual directory for: "g:\quotewerks\ images\" which is http://www.ourwebsite/images.

So, below you can see the data we pull from the field in the database, and
what I need it to look like. Can anyone help me out with the code to do
this?

From database:

q:\quotewerks\i mages\contact systems\contac3 s.jpg
q:\quotewerks\i mages\fuji\cp6-5 cal\mvc-012f(2).jpg
q:\quotewerks\i mages\front emerald.jpg

Needs to be changed to:

/images/contact systems/contac3s.jpg
/images/fuji/cp6-5 cal/mvc-012f(2).jpg
/images/front emerald.jpg
Any help would be great, thanks!

Best Regards,

Scott B. Tilton

Avantek Services
Phone: (603)742-1333 Ext. 26
Fax: (603)299-0323
st*****@avantek services.com or st*****@avsv.co m
www.avantekservices.com or www.avsv.com

"A focused mind is the ultimate weapon." - Unknown

** Support Cancer Research: http://www.rosepedal2003.com **

Jul 19 '05 #3

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