NooB Scripting Question How to use mailto

[davestrike]

I am a noob to sql and asp programming. I am working on a db for the
gaming squad I am a member of. One of the pages I created is a roster
list of all the squad members. Part of this roster is listing each
member's email address. What several people have asked of me is to
make it so the email addresses can be clicked on to open their email
programs, just as html allows the mailto function to work.

Here is a copy of the coding I am currently using:
<td align="center"><font face="Arial"
color="#C0C0C0"><%=rst("email")%></font></td>
This will list the email address of the person, but how do I make it
so the line will function as a mailto command?
The page is saved as an .asp.

Thanks for any advice!

Dave

[Erland Sommarskog]

davestrike (da********@nventure.com) writes:

Here is a copy of the coding I am currently using:
<td align="center"><font face="Arial"
color="#C0C0C0"><%=rst("email")%></font></td>
This will list the email address of the person, but how do I make it
so the line will function as a mailto command?
The page is saved as an .asp.

Actually, I don't have the slightest idea, nor do I feel to compelled
to have one, since this is an SQL Server forum, and not related to ASP.

But they say ASP has something to do with HTML, in which case I would
try with:

<td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#C0C0C0">
<A HEF="mailto:%=rst("email")%"><%=rst("email")%></A>
</font></td>

But if that does not work (and it probably doesn't) you should look
for an ASP forum.

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