Least Expensive Way to Debug asp 1

[willz99ta]

Hi and thanks for helping (or just reading) my quesions.

I wrote some ASP in Dreamweaver and now it has a problem. What is the easiest/cheapest way to debug my code?

Thanks,
Will

 

[vicvirk]

post it here, if someone knows what's wrong with it, they'll give you a free answer - can't beat that

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[willz99ta]

Yep you can't beat that! Although I found the problem myself (variable differences on the page), thanks for your help.

I still wish there was an Eclipse or Dreamweaver plugin.

Thanks again,
Will

 

[Bastien]

OPTION EXPLICIT will save you

Bastien

I wish my computer would do what I want it to do,
instead of what I tell it to do...

 

[vicvirk]

OPTION EXPLICIT will save you

for variables names - yes. But if the issue was not with variable names, then OPTION EXPLICIT won't help much.

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[vicvirk]

1. What's the bug?
2. Please wrap your code within

block, much each to read...

http://www.tipmaster.com/includes/tgmlinfo.cfm?w=450&h=450

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[willz99ta]

Thanks for the help. The problem is that it says the page cannot be displayed. It is giving me a HTTP Internal server error.

Here is the code:

If strChildEmp = "No" then

strEmailMaster = "email@email.com"
'Build the message body for the Email
Dim strMessageBody, strMessageBody2, strSubject, strSubject2, fline, strReplyURL, strFormURL
strFormURL = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/MaterielsManagement/PrintReceivingIssueForm.asp?RequesterNumber="[/URL] & strRequesterNumber
strReplyURL = "email@email.com"
strSubject = "Receiving Issue Form Submitted by the Purchasing Staff" & vbCRLF
fline = "________________________________________________________________________________"  & vbCRLF & vbCRLF
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "" & vbCRLF & vbCRLF ' Put the body together
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "" & vbCRLF
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & fline
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "Date: " & Date & "" & vbCRLF
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "A receiving request has been submitted by Purchasing staff." & vbCRLF
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "Research for this receiving request identified that the delivery" & vbCRLF 
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "was made and signed by an individual not employed with Children's." & vbCRLF 
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "To review this request, please click the below hyperlink." & vbCRLF & vbCRLF 
'Put the body together
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & strFormURL & vbCRLF & vbCRLF 'Reply URL gets added here


strSubject2 = "Receiving Issue Form Submitted - Second Email"
strMessageBody2 = strMessageBody2 & "A Receiving Issue Form has been submitted." & vbCRLF & vbCRLF 'Reply URL gets added here
'strMessageBody2 = strMessageBody2 & strFormURL & vbCRLF & vbCRLF 'Reply URL gets added here

Else

strEmailMaster = "email@email.com"
'Build the message body for the Email
Dim strMessageBody, strMessageBody2, strSubject, strSubject2, fline, strReplyURL, strFormURL
strFormURL = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/MaterielsManagement/PrintReceivingIssueForm.asp?RequesterNumber="[/URL] & strRequesterNumber
strReplyURL = "email@email.com"
strSubject = "Receiving Issue Form Submitted by Purchasing" & vbCRLF
fline = "________________________________________________________________________________"  & vbCRLF & vbCRLF
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "" & vbCRLF & vbCRLF ' Put the body together
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "" & vbCRLF
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & fline
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "Date: " & Date & "" & vbCRLF
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "A Receiving Issue form has been submitted by Purchasing." & vbCRLF
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "" & vbCRLF & vbCRLF
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & "Please click on the below hyperlink to complete the request." & vbCRLF 
' Put the body together
strMessageBody = strMessageBody & strFormURL & vbCRLF & vbCRLF 'Reply URL gets added here


strSubject2 = "Receiving Issue Form Submitted - Second Email"
strMessageBody2 = strMessageBody2 & "A Receiving Issue Form has been submitted." & vbCRLF & vbCRLF 'Reply URL gets added here
'strMessageBody2 = strMessageBody2 & strFormURL & vbCRLF & vbCRLF 'Reply URL gets added here
 
End If

Thanks again for your help,
Will

 

[willz99ta]

I believe the problem is coming from the if statement in this code snippet.

The strChildEmp variable comes from a radio button on the page before and it assigned by:

strChildEmp=request.form("ChildEmp")

 

[willz99ta]

Note: strChildEmp might be null

 

[guitarzan]

To see the full error message, and not the generic "page cannot be displayed", see faq333-5427.

Regarding strChildEmp possibly being null, try:

strChildEmp=request.form("ChildEmp") & ""

 

[willz99ta]

Found the problem -- I was Dim-ing the same variables on both sides of the if statement.

Will

 

[KirbyWallace]

In the future, it will be helpful to turn off "Friendly HTTP Error Messages" in your browser.

In ie, goto tools-->Advanced, scroll down and uncheck 'Show Friendly HTTP Error Messages". This will cause the ugly guts of the problem to spill out onto the screen, but if that's what you want to see then thats what you want to see. ;-)