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accessing data from database with submit form

5-Apr-02 3:36

I think like you did in the past. Anyway, why not to look at some working menus? For example: DHTML Central

Philip Patrick
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4-Apr-02 20:11

Re: accessing data from database with submit form

MS le Roux4-Apr-02 20:09

MS le Roux

4-Apr-02 20:09

Is this an internet or intranet application? For intranets, if the client has a minimum of IE5.5, you can use the XMLHTTP object.

java script variable through asp

4-Apr-02 19:35

hi,
I want to access java script variable in a asp.

Re: java script variable through asp

MS le Roux4-Apr-02 21:38

MS le Roux

4-Apr-02 21:38

You want to access a client-side variable in ASP script? AFAIK it doesn't work that way. When an ASP page loads, all the ASP script is processed on the server, then the Javascript is processed on the client.

Re: java script variable through asp

alex.barylski4-Apr-02 23:41

alex.barylski

4-Apr-02 23:41

I would agree!

"An expert is someone who has made all the mistakes in his or her field" - Niels Bohr

Re: java script variable through asp

alex.barylski4-Apr-02 23:47

alex.barylski

4-Apr-02 23:47

I am a total virgin with protocols so I may be off, but i'll explain to the best of my knowledge.

http is a stateless (non persistant protocol) this means it's impossible for a website to hold it's previous state, so using a variable defined in JScript from ASP on the server is impossible. I guess you could consider the following a work around for this short fall:

Use cookies... Smile | :)

Save the variable to cookie using JSCript and access it from ASP using cookies again.

Also...can you not send your variable as url encoded...?

Cheers! Smile | :)

"An expert is someone who has made all the mistakes in his or her field" - Niels Bohr

ASPX Hosting

Albert Pascual4-Apr-02 12:21

Albert Pascual

4-Apr-02 12:21

Any good place where I can put my ASPX web page?
Thanks

Al

Re: ASPX Hosting

Mazdak4-Apr-02 19:44

Mazdak

4-Apr-02 19:44

Here's a list of hosts on GotDotNet.

Mazy

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Apprehension creeping like a choo-train uo your spine,
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Microsoft Index Server

Paul Watson4-Apr-02 1:58

Paul Watson

4-Apr-02 1:58

I am at my wits end trying to get a proper Catalog going in Index Server.

I managed it once, but cannot recreate that feat.

I have a folder under the wwwroot folder called thewebsite. Under that are many folders, only two of which I want to be searchable, contents and resources. The files I want searchable are .xml, .doc, and .pdf files.

I set up my Catalog, point it at the website. When I check Index Server though it says that there are 208 documents to index and the Catalog size is 0 and the word lists are 0. That naturally is bad (the number of documents are right though.)

I have tried adding the Directories themselves to the Catalog, but no luck (though at first IS added a whole bunch of it's own directories and coloured them differently, they worked though!)

Does anyone have a step-by-step guide to creating a frigging Catalog for Index Server to search a website?

(p.s. sometimes the Catalog works, through blind luck I believe, but then the VPath property does not come through (tracking is set properly).)

My wits are ending! Big Grin | :-D

regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

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Re: Microsoft Index Server

Philip Patrick4-Apr-02 4:03

help needed using a Session variable...

4-Apr-02 4:03

But did you look at Chris' article in ASP?
http://www.codeproject.com/asp/indexserver.asp

Philip Patrick
Web-site: www.saintopatrick.com
"Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer

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code dope3-Apr-02 21:41

3-Apr-02 21:41

why won't the following work?

<%
var buffer;
buffer = Request.QueryString("aValue");
Session("BufferValue") = buffer;
%>

or even

<%Session("BufferValue") = Request.QueryString("aValue");%>

I am trying to get a value passed in to a page (which works OK) and then store it in a Session variable so that it can be accessed by another page later. The error meesage I get says something like:

"can't store an Intrinsic Object in a Session variable"

Looks pretty good to me but perhaps I'm still in the C++ mindset!

Any help would be appreciated - thanks. Smile | :)

code dope.

Dan Pomerchik4-Apr-02 0:57

Dan Pomerchik

4-Apr-02 0:57

mmm very weird, I've used the same code line and it worked fine. Are you sure that the server supports the Session object?

- Dan
"Intel inside - Idiot outside"

code dope4-Apr-02 1:40

4-Apr-02 1:40

thanks for your reply..

yes I think so, because if I give it a string literal:

e.g. <%Session("BufferValue") = "A string literal";%>

it works fine!

It gets used on a Form on another page, which, again, works fine if I give it the string but not the variable, as follows:

<FORM>
...other stuff
<input type=hidden name= FName value=<%=Session("BufferValue")%>>
</FORM>

Unfortunately though I can't give it a string.

thanks again for your help Smile | :)

code dope.

Paul Watson4-Apr-02 2:13

Paul Watson

4-Apr-02 2:13

code dope wrote:
can't store an Intrinsic Object in a Session variable"

Looks pretty good to me but perhaps I'm still in the C++ mindset!

Any help would be appreciated - thanks.

You cannot use buffer as a variable name as it is an "intrinsic object" (whatever that means.) Check out Response.Buffer

So just change buffer to something else, like strBuffer etc.

regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge

code dope4-Apr-02 2:25

4-Apr-02 2:25

thanks , Paul.

In fact, I wasn't using "Buffer" as my variable name - I just used that here because the actual names are not meaningful unless you know what the project is all about, and, for various reasons, I am not allowed to make that public knowledge.

However, I will try using various names just in case I have stumbled across something that is "Intrinsic!!" (whatever that is!)

thanks again - I'll let you know what happens.

code dope.

code dope4-Apr-02 2:40

4-Apr-02 2:40

No, it didn't work.

I tried this:

<%
var thingy;
thingy = Request.QueryString("A_Value")
Session("Batch")= thingy;
%>

and got this:

"An intrinsic object cannot be stored within the Session object."

By the way, the return from "Request.QueryString("A_Value")" is just a character string - actually it's a File name with nothing other than numbers and letters, so there shouldn't be a problem there.

any more ideas?

code dope.

Philip Patrick4-Apr-02 4:05

4-Apr-02 4:05

Maybe this is an array? For example if you have several INPUTs with same name attribute? Try to use like Request.QueryString("value")(1) (dunno exactly how in Javascript, maybe it starts from 0?)

Well, just another thought

Philip Patrick
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code dope4-Apr-02 4:33

4-Apr-02 4:33

i love you forever & want to have your babies!!!!

only kidding!

IT WORKED! I changed the code to:

<%
strValue = Request.QueryString("A_Value")(1);
Session("Batch")= strValue;
%>

Seriously though, thanks a lot for your suggestion. And everyone else who had a go. I was really getting ****ed off with it. It looked as though the assignment to the Session variable was the culprit, when it was actually not getting the value from the Query String. Strange, though, because I use that line to get the value from the Query string in several other places and it never fails. Oh well, who cares!!!

Thanks again. Smile | :)

code dope.

Philip Patrick4-Apr-02 4:39