how to exec #include file

[eirikr]

hello all
i have a guest_link table with a column "contents" has value: <-- #include file="guest.inc" -->

in my asp code, i pull that data out of database
<%=contents%> and i expect it'll call that file.inc, but it does not.
Instead it gives me a text string printed on the screen <-- #include ... -->

Do you know how to call the .inc file
Thanks

 

[vicvirk]

you need to parse out the file you want to include and execute it instead of including it....

Someone should be able to make this step easier with a RegEx - I should learn how to do them, but that's what I rely on these forums for...

' if "contents" = "<-- #include file="guest.inc" -->"

ra = split(contents,"""")
ra2 = split(ra(1),"""")
contents = ra2(0)
erase ra
erase ra2

^ "contents" will now be equal to "guest.inc" - we've just removed everything else around it with a couple of splits.

Next, execute it instead of response.write(ing)

<% server.execute(contents) %>

TIP: trying googling the answer before posting, you'll find that more times than not someone else somewhere has had the same request and posted an answer online.
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I have recently been semi-converted to ensuring all my code (well most of it) works in both javascript and non-javascript enabled browsers

 

[DreXor]

http://www.aspdev.org/articles/asp-server.execute/

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