ASP variables?

[thefunnel]

Hi,

I have the following ASP to display a certain image depending on a case
statement...

<%
Select Case (recordset("type"))
Case "type1"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type1.gif"" border=""0"">")
Case "type2"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type2.gif"" border=""0"">")
Case "type"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type3.gif"" border=""0"">")
End Select
%>

As the case section will be the same through out the document, and will
appear up to 30 times... Can I create some kind of "variable" at the
top and simply call it when required?

Many thanks,

Paul

[Turkbear]

On 19 Jun 2006 08:01:54 -0700, th*******@aol.com wrote:

Hi,

I have the following ASP to display a certain image depending on a case
statement...

<%
Select Case (recordset("type"))
Case "type1"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type1.gif"" border=""0"">")
Case "type2"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type2.gif"" border=""0"">")
Case "type"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type3.gif"" border=""0"">")
End Select
%>

As the case section will be the same through out the document, and will
appear up to 30 times... Can I create some kind of "variable" at the
top and simply call it when required?

Many thanks,

Paul

Perhaps yu can write it as a Subroutine and call it when needed..

[sashi]

Hi Paul,

emm.. i think using case is to simply coding method.. emm.. let me see.. u want to further simplify it eh.. emm.. why not try using while loop.. well.. since your graphic file name ends up with an integer.. "typeN.gif".. you can use while loop with an increment counter method.. u know.. some thing like

<%
while not nType
..
nType = nType = 1 untill nType = 30 .. this is just to give you some basic idea..
..
loop
%>

try it.. change the code n post the changes.. will help to check it for you.. good luck..

you know what Paul.. i hate to write program for ppl.. but, instead i love to help them to troubleshoot their code.. :) so.. give it a try n come back later.. good luck buddy..

[Lee Carnell]

Turkbear wrote:

On 19 Jun 2006 08:01:54 -0700, th*******@aol.com wrote:

Hi,

I have the following ASP to display a certain image depending on a
case statement...

<%
Select Case (recordset("type"))
Case "type1"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type1.gif"" border=""0"">")
Case "type2"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type2.gif"" border=""0"">")
Case "type"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type3.gif"" border=""0"">")
End Select
%>

As the case section will be the same through out the document, and
will appear up to 30 times... Can I create some kind of "variable"
at the top and simply call it when required?

Many thanks,

Paul

Perhaps yu can write it as a Subroutine and call it when needed..

How about this....

Dim strImage
Select Case (recordset("type"))
Case "type1"
strImage = "<img src=type1.gif border=0 />"
Case "type2"
strImage = "<img src=type2.gif border=0 />"
Case "type"
strImage = "<img src=type3.gif border=0 />"
End Select

Then to display the image in the page just response.write strImage at the
appropraite point.
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[Anthony Jones]

<th*******@aol.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have the following ASP to display a certain image depending on a case
statement...

<%
Select Case (recordset("type"))
Case "type1"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type1.gif"" border=""0"">")
Case "type2"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type2.gif"" border=""0"">")
Case "type"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type3.gif"" border=""0"">")
End Select
%>

As the case section will be the same through out the document, and will
appear up to 30 times... Can I create some kind of "variable" at the
top and simply call it when required?

Many thanks,

Paul

What you need is a Function:-

Function GetTypeImg(rsType)

Select Case
Case "type1": GetTypeImg = "type1.gif"
Case "type2": GetTypeImg = "type2.gif"
Case "type3": GetTypeImg = "type3.gif"
End Select

End Function

At the point in the HTML where you want the img:-

<img src="<%=GetTypeImg(rst("type"))%>" border="0" />

[Adrienne Boswell]

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<th*******@aol.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@f6g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...

Hi,

I have the following ASP to display a certain image depending on a
case statement...

<%
Select Case (recordset("type"))
Case "type1"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type1.gif"" border=""0"">")
Case "type2"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type2.gif"" border=""0"">")
Case "type"
Response.Write ("<img src=""type3.gif"" border=""0"">")
End Select
%>

As the case section will be the same through out the document, and
will appear up to 30 times... Can I create some kind of "variable" at
the top and simply call it when required?

Many thanks,

Paul

What you need is a Function:-

Function GetTypeImg(rsType)

Select Case
Case "type1": GetTypeImg = "type1.gif"
Case "type2": GetTypeImg = "type2.gif"
Case "type3": GetTypeImg = "type3.gif"
End Select

End Function

At the point in the HTML where you want the img:-

<img src="<%=GetTypeImg(rst("type"))%>" border="0" />

I would remove border="0" to CSS [img {border:0}] and put in alt="".

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