Can't determine variable in IF statement 1

[Billybonga]

Hi all,

I have a strange issue with an if statement.
In a page i have done an include to and external file variables.inc

In this file i have an asp statement

<% max_questions = 9 %>
</code>

In my vote page I have an If statement :

[code]
             <form action="cast.asp?ID=<%=lAnketID%>" method="post">
               <% if lAnketID = max_questions then %>
                <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="98%" bgcolor="#ffe4b5">
                  <tr> 
                    <td colspan="3" class="header2"><%=sSurveyQuestion%> </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr> 
                    <td colspan="3" class="smalltext"> <textarea name="comments" cols="70" rows="5" id="comments"></textarea></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr> 
                    <td width="48%" height="25" align=right> <input type="reset" name="Reset2" class="flatbutton" value="Clear"> 
                    </td>
                    <td width="3%" align=right>&nbsp;</td>
                    <td width="49%" align=right><div align="left"> 
                        <input type="submit" name="cmdOyVer2" value="Submit" class="flatbutton">
                      </div></td>
                  </tr>
                </table>
                <%else%>
                <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="98%" bgcolor="#ffe4b5">
                  <tr> 
                    <td colspan="3" class="header2"><%=sSurveyQuestion%><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> 
                      </span></td>
                  </tr>

What is happening is it is unable to determine if lAnketID = max_questions and so shows you the else.

To test that the max_questions variable is being passed i have added a response.write max_questions in various places of the page and it displays that max_questions is 9

lAnketID is also correct as if I change the code to
<% if lAnketID = 9 then %>

everything works fine?


Can anyone see where things might be failing ?

Cheers,

Billybonga

 

[ChrisHirst]

Nope because you haven't shown where lAnketID comes from originally.

as you point out setting it to a numeric 9 works but what is it if not set explicitly

If, as I would anticipate (as you are passing it in a querystring) it comes from a querystring it will be a string and unless you are casting to a numeric [lAnketID = Cint(lAnketID)] first, "9" <> 9

Chris.

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[Billybonga]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your help,
You would be correct in saying that the lAnketID is coming from a querystring as this is a the question ID from the database which is pulled using a web-address like :

http://mydomain.com/css/survey/vote.asp?ID=9

so this page would show question 9

Can you see any way around this ?
The reason what I have max_questions as a variable as I was having problems determining the last question in the database and having it as a variable on a single makes it easier to change in future.

I'm a bite confused when you discribe :
[lAnketID = Cint(lAnketID)] first, "9" <> 9

 

[Billybonga]

Cheers Chris ,

I figured out what you mean about : lAnketID = Cint(lAnketID)

Many thanks for your help, it works perfectly

Billybong

 

[ChrisHirst]

Yep, missed out a word

unless you are casting to a numeric [red]using[/red] [lAnketID = Cint(lAnketID)] first, "9" <> 9

Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Woo Hoo! the cobblers kids get new shoes.
People Counting Systems

So long, and thanks for all the fish.