Dynamic SSI?

[gcastillo]

Hello
Can I use SSI with a path to a file.txt stored in an Access database? I need to include a text with news in my page, but the path to the text is stored in a database. I have tried using the whole include statement as the path, but it just displays nothing. Please help.

 

[link9]

In this case, you might consider using the fileSystemObject to read the contents of the file, and then display.

I heard a rumor in here that you could use an if-else block to dynamically include a file, but I still have not been able to get it to work, so the FSO is going to be your sure-fire way of getting it to work.


Paul Prewett

 

[jasonsalas]

I know exactly what you're trying to do...I developed a method of doing just this myself. I didn't use an dynamic SSI, but it's funny...because what I wound up doing was combining your idea of using a text file with link9's method of using VBScript's FileSystemObject to read through it. I write the top {n} stories in my DB to a text file abnd save it on a server as a JavaScript file (.JS).

I then just have clients using our portable headlines reference the file through a single client-side <SCRIPT> statement:

<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot; src=&quot;

http://www.domain.com/filename.js&quot;></script>

E-mail me at jason@kuam.com and I'll send you the script and documentation. It's too long for this forum.

 

[gcastillo]

Thank you for all your help. I really appreciate it