global.asa

[donald]

hi guys,
i got a problem with my global.asa file.
it was working fine with win2000. when i try to access the web pages with xp
pro i get this error message -

Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A03F2)
Expected identifier
/dmk/liarsdice/global.asa, line 7, column 4
dim const whosturn=0
---^

its obviously finding the global file ok, but i cant figure out what the
identifier its expecting is. the line thats bringing up the error is the
first in a series of constants declared in the sub application_onstart
section of the global.asa file. is it something to do with xp? an i missing
something really obvious(again )

thanks
donald

 

[Evertjan.]

donald wrote on 24 nov 2003 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

Never heard of constants in VBscript.

try:

dim whosturn
whosturn = 0


Anyway the name "whosturn" seems to me a variable and not a constant value.

 

[Ray at]

You don't dim a constant. You either dim a variable or just define a
constant.

Dim whosturn
whosturn = 0
'or
Const WHOSTURN = 0

This is the same whether this is W2K or not.

Ray at work

 

[Foo Man Chew]

Never heard of constants in VBscript.

Sure, they're there.

CONST foo = "bar"

 

[donald]

this is driving me nuts. i can dim "some" variables in the asa file, but not
others. and i cant put then in as "dim const x=whatever", only as "dim x"
the same global.asa file was working fine under win2000. could id be
anything to do with me installing php?

 

[Ray at]

See my reply that was posted 10 minutes after your question.

Ray at work

 

[donald]

hi ray,
what reply? i dont see it? was it in this thread?

 

[Ray at]

Yes, it was in this thread. Here it is again.


You don't dim a constant. You either dim a variable or just define a
constant.

Dim whosturn
whosturn = 0
'or
Const WHOSTURN = 0

This is the same whether this is W2K or not.

Ray at work

 

[donald]

cheers ray thats working )
well, at least sort of, its bringing up an error with just one of my
constants now (one called "call") but i figure thats probably cause its a
restricted word or something like that. i'll make a few changes to the code,
that'll sort it.
it was definately working with "dim const x = whatever" on win2000 though. i
tried it earlier today on another machine. no errors with the constant
called "call" either. strange....

 

[Ray at]

cheers ray thats working )
well, at least sort of, its bringing up an error with just one of my
constants now (one called "call") but i figure thats probably cause its a
restricted word or something like that. i'll make a few changes to the code,
that'll sort it.

Yes, exactly, call is a reserved word. Call SubRoutine...

it was definately working with "dim const x = whatever" on win2000 though.

I'll believe that when I see it.

i
tried it earlier today on another machine. no errors with the constant
called "call" either. strange....

I'll also believe that when I see it. :]


Ray at work