Converting an Object to String

[polymorphic]

I need to convert a data object to string.

Currently, my script follows as:
strTitle = CStr(<%=mobjSystem.DescrShort %>)

When this is compiled it appears as:

strTitle = CStr(SOPs - Title1)

The error I get is that a '0' is expected. I've tried different variants with no success. The reason I want to convert it to string is to later pass it as part of a URL: Server.URLEncode(strTitle)

Any advice?

Thanks,
cj

[JamieHowarth0]

Hi cj,

This code means that ASP will parse the value in mobjSystem.DescrShort as the unquoted parameter of CStr.
Take out the <%= and %> and ASP will then parse the value as a quoted string like so:

strTitle =  CStr(mobjSystem.DescrShort )
 

which, when compiled, turns into:

strTitle = CStr("SOPs - Title1")
 

The error "0" is expected is because you can't substract strings - your string contains the "-" and when this is turned into a parameter, ASP treats it as "SOPs" is a variable, "Title1" is a variable and it should subtract Title1 from SOPs.
Failing that, use this code instead:

strTitle = CStr("<%=mobjSystem.DescrShort%>")
 

That way, you've put the quotes in for ASP to recognise the value as a string.

Hope it helps.

medicineworker

[polymorphic]

Hi cj,

This code means that ASP will parse the value in mobjSystem.DescrShort as the unquoted parameter of CStr.
Take out the <%= and %> and ASP will then parse the value as a quoted string like so:

strTitle =  CStr(mobjSystem.DescrShort )
 

which, when compiled, turns into:

strTitle = CStr("SOPs - Title1")
 

The error "0" is expected is because you can't substract strings - your string contains the "-" and when this is turned into a parameter, ASP treats it as "SOPs" is a variable, "Title1" is a variable and it should subtract Title1 from SOPs.
Failing that, use this code instead:

strTitle = CStr("<%=mobjSystem.DescrShort%>")
 

That way, you've put the quotes in for ASP to recognise the value as a string.

Hope it helps.

medicineworker

That is a good point. It will not read strTitle = CStr("<%=mobjSystem.DescrShort%>"). The error reads "mobjSystem" required.

[polymorphic]

That is a good point. It will not read strTitle = CStr("<%=mobjSystem.DescrShort%>"). The error reads "mobjSystem" required.

OK, Here I think I have the answer:

What I think was happening is that when I was converting to string:
strTitle = CStr(<%=mobjSystem.DescrShort %>)

The result would be:

strTitle = SOPs - Research Pilot Brewery

This would result in an error: "Expected end of statement" - Error 0 .

When I used strTitle = CStr("<%=mobjSystem.DescrShort %>") with the Server.URLEncode then the mobjSystem object would not be recognized but literally. When I removed the Server.URLEncode(strTitle), and changed it to just strTitle THEN it worked.

One question: Is "Expected end of statement" - Error 0 a mathematical error? How did you know the "-" was being used as a substract?

Thanks much,
cj

[Nicodemas]

No.

Just do this:

strTitle = CStr(mobjSystem.DescrShort)
 

It'll work, as the others have pointed out. strTitle will then be whatever the value of mobjSystem.DescrShort is.

Your problem was that you had ASP delimiters (<%... %>) in your ASP code.