[thelist] ASP String Concatenation vs. Response.Write

Mon Feb 26 16:21:07 CST 2001

> > From: "Warden, Matt" <mwarden at odyssey-design.com>
> >
> > You could also do this on start up of the application using the
> > global.asa file. That way, you wouldn't have to burdon one user per
> > reboot with the original rendering time.
>
> wouldn't it be once per timeout?  assuming it's an application that
> is accessed less frequently than timeouts are set?

I'm not aware of the timeout in Application-level variables, but I would
assume it is relatively high, if there is one at all.

> either way, got some sample global.asa code?  i rarely use
> global.asa, but clearly this would be a handy case...

I'm a tad rusty, but here goes:

SUB Application_OnStart()

    strOut = "<html><head><title>Dan is the man!</title></head>"
    strOut = strOut & "<body>"
    strOut = strOut & "Hello, World!<br>"
    strOut = strOut & "X-evolt: l33t hax0rz 0wn j00!!!!<br>"
    strOut = strOut & "sgd uses frontpage!<br>"
    strOut = strOut & "</body></html>"

    Application("page1") = strOut

END SUB

Of course, you could add a bunch of DIVs and CSS positioning if you want...

Then, on page1.asp:

<%
Application.Lock
strOut = trim(Application("page1"))
Application.Unlock

if not strOut="" then
    Response.Write strOut
else
    ' do something else... report it
    ' or regenerate page and stuff it back into Application
    ' i dunno when this would happen, unless they're is a timeout
end if
%>

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mattwarden
mattwarden.com