IT Newsgroups: Active Server Pages (ASP) Programming Discussion

asp classic app moved to IIS 6 slow/failing

waldo - 23 Sep 2006 11:30 PM - 4 messages

Hi All, I have several classic asp pages in site that were originally programmed with Visual Interdev (or Visual Web Developer Alpha... remember that?). The pages use the Script Library objects for Recordset and Data Grid functionality. The database is an Access mdb file that we connect to. ...

Automating a manual task

richard - 23 Sep 2006 7:13 PM - 2 messages

[link] From this site I hope I can obtain some basic information I need for a website. I have contacted them for assistance but nothing has been offered from them so far. ...

How to get variable from ASP file to html file

Peter Gustafsson - 23 Sep 2006 12:16 AM - 9 messages

Hi I have a HTML-only file, and asp file that do a databasequery. How can I do a query in the html file, like this: DBLookup("2"). The asp file execute the query and respond with the result. Send it back to ...

read excel

ash - 22 Sep 2006 8:21 AM - 2 messages

i use the following code to read excel Set ExcelConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") Set ExcelRS = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") ...... sSQL = "SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]" set ExcelRS = ExcelConn.Execute(sSQL) it work fine for those cell that contained string , but once the cell is numeric, i cant get anything in the cell. How can i solve this problem. ...

Best Security practices

dw - 21 Sep 2006 5:36 PM - 4 messages

Hi. What are some best practices for classic ASP security? Can you point me to some "how-to" articles in this regard? Thank you. ...

ASP Classic Performance Question

Merovingian - 21 Sep 2006 3:41 PM - 15 messages

I'm maintaining an ASP Classic file that has HTML withing Response.Write methods...such as. <% Response.Write "<table><tr><td>" Response.Write testVariable Response.Write "</td></tr></table>" ...

Setting a default value for the input type file?

ramkum - 21 Sep 2006 3:40 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I'm building a system where a presenter uploads a PPT to my server and then I show it to all the participants. The problem is that most of the media in the PPT is usually linked, so I'll need to upload all that ...

Read, Edit and Save Word Document over http:// path

JohnSouth - 21 Sep 2006 3:11 PM - 6 messages

Hi I've seen lots of posts around this subject but nothing recent or very helpful. I've an ASP.Net c# application that needs to read Word documents from a directory on the web server, open them in Word from the client browser, ...

Response.Redirect via XMLHTTP causes new Session

mike.biang - 21 Sep 2006 2:05 PM - 5 messages

I have an ASP page that is using an XMLHTTP object to request various pages from my server. I keep a single session throughout the XMLHTTP requests by bassing the ASPSESSIONID cookie through the XMLHTTP object. However, when the page requested through the XML object makes a ...

error using the port in connection string

Kavi - 21 Sep 2006 5:58 AM - 2 messages

Hi all i'm new to this, your assistence will be greatly appriated :-) i have a connection string (this all in asp ) tCSCst = Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=<bd>;Port=1444;Initial Catalog=<cataloge>;User ID=<id>;Password=<password> ...

problems with port in connections (in ASP)

Kavi - 21 Sep 2006 5:50 AM - 3 messages

Hi all i'm new to this, your assistence will be greatly appriated :-) i have a connection string (this all in asp ) tCSCst = Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=test02x2;Port=1444;Initial Catalog=<cataloge>;User ID=<id>;Password=<password> ...

Setting Session Variables

George Slamowitz - 21 Sep 2006 5:09 AM - 8 messages

Hello All: I have an ASP application (and associated .DLL) that generates HTML code. On one of my pages it generates a series of buttons (Input ... Language=vbscript ) each with an On Click sub associated with it. Once the ASP is expanded. each Onclick has only one statement in it, that is: ...

make GET with 2 hosts. Strange but necessary.

ZekyTrash - 21 Sep 2006 1:31 AM - 3 messages

Hi. I Need to make a connection to a host "A" and execute a GET with a header "Host" pointing to host "B" To be more clear, i'm trying to do something that could be replicated as: =========== telnet hostB 80 ...

onclick question

Todd - 20 Sep 2006 10:59 PM - 10 messages

Hello We have a page that loads a long list of things. Each row has an onclick where you can open a window for more information. When you do that the parent page refreshes to the top of the page....so if you were near the bottom, you ...

How to initialize Querystring

Me - 20 Sep 2006 7:48 PM - 6 messages

I was wondering if after parsing Querystring, I could initialize it. Is it possible? Thank you, -Me ...

How to use session variables?

Me - 20 Sep 2006 3:23 PM - 4 messages

I am unable to pass the values using session variables. Here is what I tried thus far - 1. In the 1st program I have created a session variable called name Session.Name= <the value I would like to pass> ...

Problems with Norwegian letters when integrating RSS feeds in webpage using ASP

nostradamus - 20 Sep 2006 2:28 PM - 2 messages

Hi! We need to integrate an RSS feed in a webpage using ASP. I've been testing out the great script at ByteScout: [link] It worked very well, but I couldn't make it work with feeds using ...

Save in box destination path

poussy-puce - 20 Sep 2006 1:53 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I would like to choose destination path when user download file on her computer... I have code for the download, but I don't find code or component for change the destination on the Save in box... In VB 6.0 it have a component for this, the name of this component is ...

Lost sessions issue

AlonR - 20 Sep 2006 7:14 AM - 3 messages

Hi, We're experiencing random user sessions losses on our web applications, and are researching for any useful information which may shed light on this problem. Environment: In our company, we're developing a web product based on ASP.NET 2.0, in ...

ASP.NET rookie needs help finding control data

jrett - 20 Sep 2006 5:02 AM - 3 messages

I'm new to ASP.NET and fairly inexperienced with web development in general, but I've been a professional software dev for over 10 years, C++, Unix and windows, C# the past 4 years. I've been working on a personal ASP.NET project, basically as a learning ...

Magic path info

jrett - 20 Sep 2006 1:16 AM - 1 message

In the following text, can someone tell me where VS.NET gets the path: (C:\depot\Product\Dev\.....) This path does not exist in the solution file, it doesn't exist in the project file, and it doesn't exist in the webinfo ...

Generating RTF output from ASP

brian.lukoff - 20 Sep 2006 12:43 AM - 6 messages

Does anyone know of any freely usable code that helps automate the process of generating RTF files from ASP (particularly generating the code needed for tables)? Brian ...

empty data fields cause asp program crash

c676228 - 19 Sep 2006 11:49 PM - 2 messages

Hi everyone, Recently, I am investigating a problem in our asp page. Somehow it always crashed in the same places in one of our asp pages for 10 times. It is because the empty data field caused program crash. Those empty fields, I only ...

Response.redirect "mypage.asp?name=" & name

Me - 19 Sep 2006 9:12 PM - 3 messages

I am passing on the input name to my asp page using Response.redirect "mypage.asp?name=" & name and the resulting url looks like 'companyname/mypage.asp?name=" & name I would like it to appear like 'companyname' or at most ...

How to hide the text in url?

Me - 19 Sep 2006 8:39 PM - 7 messages

I am passing the userid and password from one asp page to another, how can I restrict it from displaying it on the url? Eg. http://mywebsite/employeeinformation.asp?variable=myname I would like it to show just http://mywebsite or at the most http://mywebsite/employeeinformation.asp. ...

Googiespell with ASP

Drew - 19 Sep 2006 4:32 PM - 1 message

Has anyone gotten the Googiespell AJAX spellchecker ([link]) to work with their ASP applications? If so, how was it done? Thanks, Drew ...

Session variables are lost

Nils Erik Dall - 19 Sep 2006 1:07 PM - 11 messages

Hi All I have a problem with my asp code on an iis 6.0 server on windows 2003 web. When I redirect between to asp pages on my web-site, where pageA is in a different virtual directory from pageB the session variables value ...

Flat File Security vs Database

vunet.us - 18 Sep 2006 4:58 PM - 15 messages

Hi, I would like to use flat file data storage instead of database. Since I am new to it, I am wondering: What text file extension is a safe one to store my data online and how cost- and time-effective is this method (flat file data storage). ...

Why the images can not be loaded in the browser sometimes?

cheers_ye - 18 Sep 2006 2:26 PM - 3 messages

The source of the image is <IMG ID=\"69\" class=\"a10\" SRC=\"Imageprocesser.aspx?SessionID=1111&reportStream=1&ReportID=258&HistoryID 06-09-15T18:25:25&Action=LoadSnapshot&ReportType=HTML4.0&imageExt=&imageWidth=&imageHeight=&useToolbar=False&htmlFragment=False&mappedPath=/kyoga-qa/CKEmployerReports/BCBSTNReports/DiabeticMemberSummary&reportVariable_GroupID=8&reportVariable_BasePath=/kyoga-qa&RPSessionID=nopykwuqk2nofz551tm30u45&ImageID=C_69_S\"/> ...

Server Times Out with ASPSESSIONID Cookie

mike.biang - 18 Sep 2006 2:03 PM - 4 messages

I am using the XMLHTTP object to request a page from within another ASP page. For my scenario, the two pages should operate in the same session. However, when I request the second page, a new session is ...

Downloading files from ASP Page

JP SIngh - 18 Sep 2006 12:21 PM - 4 messages

Can someone please help me with a file download query. I have the following code which works fine. The only change I want to make is in the line objStream.loadfromfile server.mappath("/images/"&strFile) It is using a folder on the IIS Server to store the files. ...

Limiting the amount of characters returned

kevin - 18 Sep 2006 10:59 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I am looking to return the first 50 characters from a database field. Does anyone know if there is a SQL function that returns a defined amount of characters from a database field? Thanks in advance, Kevin [link] ...

security using a random picture

dal.luc@gmail.com - 18 Sep 2006 10:39 AM - 2 messages

Hello, I'ld like to know how it is possible to create (in asp) a random picture which will contain figures and letters. I want to use it when a client confirm his inscription on my site (just like when one sign in yahoo mail.) ...

external pages as string?

google@walkerwebworks.co.uk - 18 Sep 2006 1:21 AM - 2 messages

is there a way of getting an external page and saveing it as a string? eg. this would be a good way of doing geocoding with google maps or getting rss feeds into your site ...

VBscript FormatPercent overflow 800a0006

dkiernan - 18 Sep 2006 12:06 AM - 8 messages

I am stumped. I have several websites running on a 2003 IIS6 box, all running basically the same code (each site has its own home directory and copy of the code). All are running in the same App Pool. ...

Get and Set Values of Child controls on Formview

PW - 17 Sep 2006 8:37 PM - 3 messages

I wish to get and set values on child controls on a formview. For example. Changing the text in textbox. Hiding or unhiding child controls based on user. Replacing a blank with a default or calculated value ...

Basic Questions about Global.asa from a beginner

Mukesh_Singh_Nick - 17 Sep 2006 6:40 PM - 2 messages

I am learning classic ASP 3.0. Below are my questions: 1. Do we have to include () the global.asa file into every .asp page? I am doing the examples in Windows Notepad and not in DreamWeaver or InterDev. Or, does IIS ...

help with emergency, asp program cannot talk to sql server 2000 an

c676228 - 17 Sep 2006 6:12 AM - 15 messages

Hi everyone, Our site is down, because of our hosting company applied sql server 2000 sp4 on windows 2000 server. right after it applied the service pack, our sql server database is down and no conn etc. When one technical support restart the server, ...

Adverts on my message board

PW - 17 Sep 2006 12:20 AM - 8 messages

Hi, I'm an amateur ASP programmer using ASP, VBScript, IIS and IE. On one of my websites ([link]) I have started getting lots of adverts on my message board. Things like free ringtones, used car sales, ...