Dim - ASP / Active Server Pages

elia

Hello , I''ve got a problem with "dim".
I want to receive a variable send from a formular with method GET

Why it doesn't work??

<body>
<%
dim name
dim vorname
....
name = request.QueryString("name")
vorname = request.QueryString("vorname")
....
response.write ("name" )
response.write ("vorname" )
....
response.end
%>
</body>

Thanks, pascal

Dec 7 '06 #1

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Mike Brind

"elia" <jo****@pcl.chwrote in message
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Hello , I''ve got a problem with "dim".
I want to receive a variable send from a formular with method GET

Why it doesn't work??

<body>
<%
dim name
dim vorname
...
name = request.QueryString("name")
vorname = request.QueryString("vorname")
...
response.write ("name" )
response.write ("vorname" )
...
response.end
%>
</body>

Thanks, pascal

"name" is a reserved word in VBScript. That's why the interpreter is
complaining. You shouldn't use it for variable names, and you definitely
can't Dim it, as it's already in use. Try this:

Dim lastname : lastname = Request.QueryString("name")

--
Mike Brind

Dec 7 '06 #2

Evertjan.

Mike Brind wrote on 07 dec 2006 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

"name" is a reserved word in VBScript.
That's why the interpreter is complaining.

Are you sure, Mike?

<%
dim name
name = "a"
response.write name
%>

Look, no errors!

<%
option explicit
dim name
name = "a"
response.write name
%>

Look, no errors!

Dim lastname : lastname = Request.QueryString("name")

Last but not least,
a name by any other name smels just as sweet.

>response.write ("name" )

The root of the problem is in the quoting.

[and the () are also unneccessary]

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

Dec 7 '06 #3

Mike Brind

"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.netwrote in message
news:Xn********************@194.109.133.242...

Mike Brind wrote on 07 dec 2006 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

>"name" is a reserved word in VBScript.
That's why the interpreter is complaining.

Are you sure, Mike?

Well, I was, but....

Interesting. It's not in the list
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/216528), yet my editor
(Dreamweaver) highlights it as a "Native Keyword for VBScript" (and JScript,
for that matter).

On further inspection, it seems that Dreamweaver makes no distinction
between VBScript/JScript reserved words and ADO methods and properties in
terms of its helpful code colouring.

As a prodigious user of Access in the past, I was always aware that Name is
a reserved word there, and generally avoid using it anywhere like the
plague. Just seeing the word in the OP caused bit of a knee-jerk reaction
:-)

Dec 7 '06 #4

Anthony Jones

"Mike Brind" <di*********@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:u%****************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>
"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.netwrote in message
news:Xn********************@194.109.133.242...
Mike Brind wrote on 07 dec 2006 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

"name" is a reserved word in VBScript.
That's why the interpreter is complaining.
Are you sure, Mike?

Well, I was, but....

Interesting. It's not in the list
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/216528), yet my editor
(Dreamweaver) highlights it as a "Native Keyword for VBScript" (and

JScript,

for that matter).

On further inspection, it seems that Dreamweaver makes no distinction
between VBScript/JScript reserved words and ADO methods and properties in
terms of its helpful code colouring.

As a prodigious user of Access in the past, I was always aware that Name

a reserved word there, and generally avoid using it anywhere like the
plague. Just seeing the word in the OP caused bit of a knee-jerk

reaction

:-)

In VB6 and VBA it's used to rename a file. Not available in VBScript. I'd
avoid it myself to save the confusion.

Dec 7 '06 #5

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