Capture Keywords Error

[esteiner]

This is a question related to archived thread333-991814

The code provided by ChrisHirst was working beautifully the first time I tested it. I used Google.com, MSN.com, Yahoo.com, etc. I also began to test on interational sites like google.de, yahoo.fr, etc.

The search term that I used to test is "YMF289B-S distributor" The page that I am testing is

http://www.ic-distributors.org/ICDY.asp

After a while, I ran into problems with the code. I received the following error:

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Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0005'

Invalid procedure call or argument: 'left'

/ICDY.asp, line 54
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Line 54 in my code reads:
"if endpoint <> 0 then temp = left(temp,instr(temp,"&") - 1)"

This error seems to pop up after the code works successfully two or three times. My best guess is that this is some sort of cache problem on the server?!?

I would appreciate any solutions or suggestions. Let me know if you need any additional information. I am obviously not very experienced with ASP so any hand holding would be appreciated.


Thank you,

-Charlie

 

[dbMark]

I'd guess the problem is that the second parameter of the LEFT() function is negative because there was no & found by InStr() in the string named temp. Are you using VBScript? Then try this...

If endpoint <> 0 Then
   If instr(temp,"&") > 0 Then
      temp = left(temp,instr(temp,"&") - 1)
   End If
End If

dbMark