strange results with comparision of Session var and rcs.getcount

[crystalized]

I have a function that contains the following snippet of code

currCount=rcs.getCount()
numAvailable=Session.contents("maxEmp")

if currCount<numAvailable then
      available=true
end if

Now my problem is that if I output the values I get
currCount=3
numAvailable=1

But my test keeps coming back as true. I can not figure this out for the life of me. I keep getting the wrong result.

Is there some kind of problem with comparing the session variables and getCount values. I am absolutely at a loss. I have been playing around with this thing for the last 2 hours and I just can't seem to spot a problem with it.

I have tried converting both values using the CInt function, that did not make any difference. The only thing I could think of is that one of the values is somehow being interpreted as a different data type than the other (say one is being interpreted as a string and the other as an integer).

Help (and why isn't there an emoticon with a person pulling their hair out X-) )

 

[crystalized]

Well I just tried using the CLng function on each of the values.

Like this

currCount=CLng(rcs.getCount())
numAvailable=CLng(Session.contents("maxEmp"))

And this seems to have corrected my problem.

If anyone has any insights on this I would still be interested in hearing them.

 

[Tinman]

You are dealing with a type conversion problem... asp is a pain in the @#$ when it comes to types... all things being variant... if you know it should be a number do your best to use cint(expression) or clng(expression) to avoid that problem... because it is speratic... at best...
Chad
tinman@thelandofoz.org

Tinman,

Welcome to OZ.