response.write a table

[mispel]

I have a problem when trying to display a table as part of an if else statement. The error that I get is the following:

Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A03EA)
Syntax error
/helpdesk/trackedissue.asp, line 154
else response.Write <table width="599" border="0" align="center">


The code is:

<%
if isnull(checkstatus.Fields.Item("solution").Value) then response.write "Sorry, this issue has not been resolved yet. Please try tracking later."
else response.write <table width="599" border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="left" width="128">Solution:</td>
<td width="161" align="left">(trackingissue.Fields.Item("solution" ).Value)</td>
<td width="79"></td>
<td width="199"></td>
</tr>
</table>
end if
%>

I am a starter in asp programming, I would appreciate your help. I am using Dreamweaver cs3.

Thx in adv.

[shweta123]

Hi,

Try to write the response.write statement like this :
e.g.

 response.write("<table width="599" border="0" align="center">")

I have a problem when trying to display a table as part of an if else statement. The error that I get is the following:

Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A03EA)
Syntax error
/helpdesk/trackedissue.asp, line 154
else response.Write <table width="599" border="0" align="center">


The code is:

<%
if isnull(checkstatus.Fields.Item("solution").Value) then response.write "Sorry, this issue has not been resolved yet. Please try tracking later."
else response.write <table width="599" border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="left" width="128">Solution:</td>
<td width="161" align="left">(trackingissue.Fields.Item("solution" ).Value)</td>
<td width="79"></td>
<td width="199"></td>
</tr>
</table>
end if
%>

I am a starter in asp programming, I would appreciate your help. I am using Dreamweaver cs3.

Thx in adv.

[DrBunchman]

Hi,

Try to write the response.write statement like this :
e.g.

 response.write("<table width="599" border="0" align="center">")

This code will give you an error because the double quotes around the style settings will terminate the string. Use single quotes inside a response.write statement to surround styles & properties. e.g:

response.write "<table width='599' border='0' align='center'>"

Hope this helps,

Dr B

[mispel]

After posting, I tried again. And it worked like this:

Response.Write "<table width=" & "599" & "align=" & "center" & " border=" & "0" & "></table>"
And the whole code to create the table must be on the same line.
I had to create a large table so, it was hell of a job.

Thx for your help anyway.

Mayberly.

[DrBunchman]

Mispel,

Good job on geting it working although some of what you've done above is unneccessary. Are you aware of the rules on including quotation marks inside a string? To do so you use double quotation marks so you could write your line above like this:

Response.Write "<table width=""599"" align=""center"" border=""0""></table>"

Or you could, as I did before, write it using single quotation marks:

 
Response.Write "<table width='599' align='center' border='0'></table>"
 

Which I think makes it look neater when reading through the code.

I'm afraid to say that you also had no need to write the whole table on the same line! This:

 
Response.Write "<table width='599' align='center' border='0'>"
Response.Write "<tr>" 
Response.Write "<td>Hello World!</td>"
Response.Write "</tr>"
Response.Write "</table>"
 

Is exactly the same as:

Response.Write "<table width='599' align='center' border='0'><tr><td>Hello World!</td></tr></table>"

As you can see the first example is far easier to read than the second.

I hope this helps. Let us know if you have any more problems.

Dr B