Assignment doesnt assign???

[Tim Slattery]

My ASP page contains the following VBScript code:
<%
zipCode = Request.Form("zip")
%> <br>zip: <%= zipCode %>, rf: <%= Request.Form("zip") %>

When I enter "abc" into the "zip" field on the form, I get the
following output:

zip: , rf: abc

Why doesn't the first statement assign the "abc" string to the
variable "zipCode"? What am I not seeing?

 

[Mike Brind]

My ASP page contains the following VBScript code:
<%
zipCode = Request.Form("zip")
%> <br>zip: <%= zipCode %>, rf: <%= Request.Form("zip") %>

When I enter "abc" into the "zip" field on the form, I get the
following output:

zip: , rf: abc

Why doesn't the first statement assign the "abc" string to the
variable "zipCode"? What am I not seeing?

Works fine for me. I get

zip: abc, rf: abc

using Windows XP Pro SP2, IIS 5, Firefox 1.5.0.5, IE6 and Opera. 8.51.

How odd!

 

[Roland Hall]

: My ASP page contains the following VBScript code:
: <%
: zipCode = Request.Form("zip")
: %> <br>zip: <%= zipCode %>, rf: <%= Request.Form("zip") %>
:
: When I enter "abc" into the "zip" field on the form, I get the
: following output:
:
: zip: , rf: abc
:
: Why doesn't the first statement assign the "abc" string to the
: variable "zipCode"? What am I not seeing?

Is this all you have on the page and did you type it here or copy/paste?

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Roland Hall
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[Tim Slattery]

: My ASP page contains the following VBScript code:
: <%
: zipCode = Request.Form("zip")
: %> <br>zip: <%= zipCode %>, rf: <%= Request.Form("zip") %>
:
: When I enter "abc" into the "zip" field on the form, I get the
: following output:
:
: zip: , rf: abc
:
: Why doesn't the first statement assign the "abc" string to the
: variable "zipCode"? What am I not seeing?

Is this all you have on the page and did you type it here or copy/paste?

There's lots on the page, so *something* there must be non-kosher I
suppose, even though everything looks OK. Yes, I did copy and past
this. The line that dumps the values on the page starts with "%>" and
ends with "<%" because its a debug line that I stuck in the middle of
server-side code.

Regardless of what is going on elsewhere, I can't figure out why the
assignment (apparently) doesn't happen.

 

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

There's lots on the page, so *something* there must be non-kosher I
suppose, even though everything looks OK. Yes, I did copy and past
this. The line that dumps the values on the page starts with "%>" and
ends with "<%" because its a debug line that I stuck in the middle of
server-side code.

Regardless of what is going on elsewhere, I can't figure out why the
assignment (apparently) doesn't happen.

Your best course of action is to create a small test page containing only
the bits needed to reproduce this particular symptom and post it here.

 

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Your best course of action is to create a small test page containing
only the bits needed to reproduce this particular symptom and post it
here.

I should have added:
If you cannot reproduce your symptoms in the small test page, add stuff from
your problem page until the symptom appears.

 

[Tim Slattery]

Found it. There was a tried-and-true, guaranteed to work ASP file
being included at the top of this thing. The first statement in that
file was "option explicit".

So if I simply "dim" the variable "zipCode", it works fine. The
server admins apparently have some option set - or not set - so that I
get just about no ASP error messages, and I had *no* error message for
this thing.

 

[Roland Hall]

:
: >
: >>: >>: My ASP page contains the following VBScript code:
: >>: <%
: >>: zipCode = Request.Form("zip")
: >>: %> <br>zip: <%= zipCode %>, rf: <%= Request.Form("zip") %>
: >>:
: >>: When I enter "abc" into the "zip" field on the form, I get the
: >>: following output:
: >>:
: >>: zip: , rf: abc
: >>:
: >>: Why doesn't the first statement assign the "abc" string to the
: >>: variable "zipCode"? What am I not seeing?
:
: Found it. There was a tried-and-true, guaranteed to work ASP file
: being included at the top of this thing. The first statement in that
: file was "option explicit".
:
: So if I simply "dim" the variable "zipCode", it works fine. The
: server admins apparently have some option set - or not set - so that I
: get just about no ASP error messages, and I had *no* error message for
: this thing.

Good catch.

--
Roland Hall
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