adding classic to .net

[jrod11]

I am adding some classic asp from an older website to a new .net one.

The old one connected to a DB and in the particular page has the following:

<% dim something;
 
something=request.querystring("password");
 
%>

I keep getting an error when I try and place it in my new .net site:

Compiler Error Message: CS1002: ; expected

Do i need to be wrapping the code in semi colons?

[tlhintoq]

If you double-click the error message it should take you to the line with the issue.

a semi-colon is the statement terminator in C#.

int bob = 4; 
string mary = "Testing";
int neil = 6;
int Total = bob + neil;

[jrod11]

Here is from the compilation error screen:

line 8 error CS1002: ; expected

Line 8: <% dim somepassword
Line 9:
Line 10: somepassword=request.querystring("password")

[tlhintoq]

It would help if you could provide more than just the 3 lines where the problem is occurring. There is no context for what you are doing.

An ending semicolon is used in C#.
But your three lines look more like VB