Malformed Syntax Errors

[Dollie]

I'm finally getting the hang of ASP!&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, sort of!&nbsp;&nbsp;I finally got my pages published using Drumbeat 2000.&nbsp;&nbsp;(I'm in the process of learning Dreamweaver UltraDev.)&nbsp;&nbsp;While I was doing my celebratory dance over my new pages, someone asked, &quot;Have you tested the pages on Netscape?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;The dancing stopped.<br><br>AGH!&nbsp;&nbsp;My initial page where keywords are entered works fine, as does the results page.&nbsp;&nbsp;The detail page (when a certain result is clicked on) displays the following message: <br><br>&quot;HTTP Error 400<br><br>400 Bad Request<br><br>Due to malformed syntax, the request could not be understood by the server. The client should not repeat the request without modifications.&quot;<br><br>Lovely!&nbsp;&nbsp;I know someone, somewhere has run into this problem with Netscape before....or is it just me? hehe<br><br>Also, when viewing the same page in Internet Explorer, I've found that it does not display the details of just one search result, it displays several.&nbsp;&nbsp;I've made miscellaneous changes within Drumbeat that should have fixed it, and I have the feeling I have to start digging through the code to fix this one!<br><br>Thanks in advance for any help!<br><br>Waving a large white flag in surrender,<br>Dollie<br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

check the URL, also I think it works best if you use Microsoft Interdev 6, for ASP development, it may appear that as you are passing values to the new ASP , that the URL isnt being setup correctly, it may also help if you gave some more details. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.com>kb244@kb244.com</a><br><a href=

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[Guest_imported]

Usually, you get this error in Netscape when you pass parameters with spaces in your querystring:<br><br>&lt;a href=&quot;somepage.asp?name=asp<font color=red></font> forum&quot;&gt;<br><br>In this case you need to use Server.urlencode()method :<br>&lt;a href=&quot;somepage.asp?name=&lt;%=Server.urlencode(&quot;asp forum&quot%&gt;&quot;&gt;<br><br>Of course, this is just an example.

 

[jfriestman]

Guestg is absolutely right.&nbsp;&nbsp;IE will try its best to URL Encode the URL for you.&nbsp;&nbsp;Netscape doesn't.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have any spaces or special characters in your URL, Netscape chokes... and kicks that ugly error you describe.&nbsp;&nbsp;Use Server.URLEncode on any parameters you hope to pass thru your querystring. <p> Jeff Friestman<br><a href=mailto: jfriestman@hotmail.com> jfriestman@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=

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[Dollie]

Ok, I found the part of the code that is giving me so much grief in Netscape, but now I'm not real sure what to do with it!&nbsp;&nbsp;The problem is the &quot;Job Code&quot; portion of the record.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here's a portion of the code: <br><br>&lt;A HREF=&quot;JobDetail.asp?Recordset1_Action=Find('Job Code','&lt;%=Server.URLEncode(ReplaceSingleQuoteWithTwo(Recordset1.GetColumnValue(&quot;Job Code&quot))%&gt;')&Recordset1_Position=&lt;%=Server.URLEncode(Recordset1.GetState())%&gt;&quot;&gt;<br><br>Do I need to change &quot;Job Code&quot; to &quot;JobCode&quot; in the database?&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Sorry if this is a dumb question, the code is confusing still!<br><br>Thanks a TON!<br>Dollie <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>Continually chipping away at the glass ceiling...

 

[Guest_imported]

Hello, Dollie!<br>You're absolutely right that 'the code is confusing still'.<br>I don't think that you want to pass all these scary parameters to the JobDetail.asp?!<br>What I'd suggest you to do is:<br>use some variable to store whatever <font color=red>Find('Job Code',ReplaceSingleQuoteWithTwo(Recordset1.GetColumnValue(&quot;Job Code&quot))</font><br>will find and then use urlencode:<br>Recordset_action=&lt;%=server.urlencode(&quot;this_variable_value&quot%&gt;<br>And so on with all your parameters.<br>This is a suggestion.<br>So, just try it before you change the column name in the database.

 

[Dollie]

OK...y'all only *thought* my other questions were goofy.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm about to blow that thought out of the water!&nbsp;&nbsp;I've really got my head up my .asp today!<br><br>Dummy questions of the day:&nbsp;&nbsp;Where do I put URLEncode?&nbsp;&nbsp;Does it go on the page that is not displaying, or on the page before it?&nbsp;&nbsp;Where in the code does it go?&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>I can't tell y'all how much I appreciate the answers I've gotten!&nbsp;&nbsp;I just hope that I'll be able to help instead of being helped. <br><br> <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>