Undeclared vars on II6 Windows 2003 w/Option Explicit cause page to STOP. Why?

[Mike Schinkel]

I'm trying to set up a Windows 2003 server using ASP, and I am find ASP
pages just STOP as if I had called Response.End whenever an undeclared
variable is found. If I turn off Option Explicit, it doesn't happen.
Clearly I can Dim the variable to solve the problem (I mention this in case
some smartaleck decided to propose it as the solution), but it is making
finding undeclared variables very hard! Anyone have any idea what I've
done wrong in my configuration?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Mike Schinkel]

Well, I finally figured it out. After wasting about 3 hours when I'm trying
to meet a deadline, I found that with ASP server-side debugging enabled, any
error is the equivalent of a Response.End! I couldn't find the answer to
this anywhere on the net; maybe someone at Microsoft or ASPFAQ can
documented it...

"Mike Schinkel" <mi***@xtras.com> wrote in message
news:eX**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I'm trying to set up a Windows 2003 server using ASP, and I am find ASP
pages just STOP as if I had called Response.End whenever an undeclared
variable is found. If I turn off Option Explicit, it doesn't happen.
Clearly I can Dim the variable to solve the problem (I mention this in case some smartaleck decided to propose it as the solution), but it is making
finding undeclared variables very hard! Anyone have any idea what I've
done wrong in my configuration?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Aaron Bertrand [MVP]]

Good info, thanks, I'll look into adding it...

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Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/


"Mike Schinkel" <mi***@xtras.com> wrote in message
news:#G**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Well, I finally figured it out. After wasting about 3 hours when I'm trying to meet a deadline, I found that with ASP server-side debugging enabled, any error is the equivalent of a Response.End! I couldn't find the answer to
this anywhere on the net; maybe someone at Microsoft or ASPFAQ can
documented it...

"Mike Schinkel" <mi***@xtras.com> wrote in message
news:eX**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I'm trying to set up a Windows 2003 server using ASP, and I am find ASP
pages just STOP as if I had called Response.End whenever an undeclared
variable is found. If I turn off Option Explicit, it doesn't happen.
Clearly I can Dim the variable to solve the problem (I mention this in

case

some smartaleck decided to propose it as the solution), but it is making
finding undeclared variables very hard! Anyone have any idea what I've
done wrong in my configuration?

Thanks in advance for your help.