ASP, ADO and Dictionary object runtime problem!

[CharlesEF]

Hi All,

This has me stumped. I have used a VBScript dictionary object to load
column names and their values so I can use them when I build the web
page.

When I do this, I get the correct value printed on the page:
<%Response.Write("Company Name is: " & objDict.Item("companyname"))%>

But, when I try to use it in an HTML tag, like this, I get a runtime
error '800a01b6' - Object doesn't support this property or method:
'Item':
<input type="text" maxLength=60 size=60 name=comName
value="<%objDict.Item("companyname")%>"></input>

Why does it work in one form and not the other? I have spent so much
time on this that I need to ask for help.


Thanks for any input,

Charles

 

[McKirahan]

Hi All,

This has me stumped. I have used a VBScript dictionary object to load
column names and their values so I can use them when I build the web
page.

When I do this, I get the correct value printed on the page:
<%Response.Write("Company Name is: " & objDict.Item("companyname"))%>

But, when I try to use it in an HTML tag, like this, I get a runtime
error '800a01b6' - Object doesn't support this property or method:
'Item':
<input type="text" maxLength=60 size=60 name=comName
value="<%objDict.Item("companyname")%>"></input>

Why does it work in one form and not the other? I have spent so much
time on this that I need to ask for help.


Thanks for any input,

Charles

Try it with an equal sign:

<input type="text" maxLength="60" size="60" name="comName"
value="<%=objDict.Item("companyname")%>"></input>

 

[CharlesEF]

Hi,

Thank you very much. For whatever reason I never tried using the equal
sign. Of all the posts I searched regarding this problem I never saw
one that used the equal sign either. Guess I did not search well
enough.

Very simple solution to a full day of wasted time.


Thank you very much,

Charles

 

[Patrice]

= is a shortcut for Response.Write. You'll have to use it or not depending
wether you want to write something to the output or just perform some code
that doesn't write anything to the output...

 

[CharlesEF]

Thanks for the explaination.

Charles