Trying to get a variable to increment

[fergman]

I've posted several versions of this main() function, and gotten lot's of help on it, and yet here I am again, stuck.
I've got a counter that I'm trying to increment every time the main() is run. the number always stays at 1
also is their an equivalent variableName++ in vbscript for counting?
It's like this:

dim classNumber
classNumber = 0

call main
sub main()

classNumber = classNumber + 1
response.write classNumber & "= classNumber"

if varId <> &quot;&quot; then
response.write &quot;varId = &quot; & varId
id = varId
varDepartment = &quot;&quot;
varCourse = &quot;&quot;
varSection = &quot;&quot;
varRecommended = &quot;&quot;
end if

call getDepartment

if depTrue = 1 then
call getCourse
end if

if couTrue = 1 then
call getSection
end if

if secTrue = 1 then
call getRecommended
end if

if recTrue = 1 then
formState = 1
end if


if formState = 1 AND varRecommended = &quot;yes&quot; OR varRecommended = &quot;no&quot; then
call writeDB
%>
<SCRIPT Language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
document.form1.submit()
</script>
<%
end if

end sub

 

[Tarwn]

No, in fact .Net only supplied the += 1 and not ++ as an option for incrementing, despite how much other stuff they blatently ripped off from Java

Also, I'm assuming your calling that main statement several times for a single page, correct? Not trying to count how many times you have called it across many pages.
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[fergman]

I'm only calling it once actually, and that might be the problem, the form actually submits everytime the user changes a control object (selectboxes mainly). and then at the end the form is submitted with no data to restart from the beginning.
The whole this is to run 8 times, or until the user clicks done is the idea. to do it 8 times I need to keep track of which run the user is on. I tried to do it in a sesion variable, but that doesn't seem to work either.

 

[Tarwn]

Why not write the counter into a hidden field and then just pull it out in the main, cInt, and increment, then the new incremented value will be written to the hidden field again.

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[fergman]

I tried that a little, I ended up with a type mismatch, I think I had something configured wrong, but that does sound like the best avenue. I guess i'll try that again and spend a little time trying to sort out the type mismatch.