[thelist] ASP question: Request.QueryString(variable) alternative needed.

[April]

Unfortunately, I tried that first, and it doesn't even make it through the 
first field without timing out.

At 11:41 AM 11/29/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>April-
>
>Have you tried doing this:
>
>While Not RSFields.EOF
>         If Request.QueryString(RSFields("FieldID")) = "yes" Then
>                 If RSFields("Tier") = 1 Then
>                         Response.Write "<h3>" & RSFields("Heading") & "</h3>"
>                 Else
>                         Response.Write "<br><h2>" & RSFields("Heading") & 
> "</h2>"
>                 End If
>                 Response.Write RSFields("Body")
>                 RSFields.MoveNext
>         End If
>Wend
>
>With .QueryString() you just have to pass it a string var, and there's no
>need to use the & concatenation operand for that because this isn't a string
>you're composing:
>
>If Request.QueryString("" & FieldID & "") = "yes" Then
>
>I also took out the extra variable assignment as it's redundant.  Let me
>know how it turns out.  I didn't test it. ;)
>
>Chris Blessing
>webguy at mail.rit.edu
>http://www.330i.net
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> > [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of April
> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:25 AM
> > To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> > Subject: [thelist] ASP question: Request.QueryString(variable)
> > alternative needed.
> >
> >
> > Currently, I am using Access as the database and PWS as the web
> > server.  Yes, I know that both are much less than ideal, but my
> > company was
> > bought by a larger parent company, and we are too great of a
> > security risk
> > to be allowed access to the software or to the webservers.  And not
> > profitable enough to have access to the development team.  But
> > we're under
> > the chopping block if we don't improve profits, which in this case means
> > offering a web-based profits.  So, I need to learn more than my
> > meager ASP
> > samples then write this application on PWS and Access, then port
> > everything
> > once the big head guy says he likes it, to what they want it done in.  I
> > HATE CORPORATE PROCEDURE!!!!  argh.
> >
> > Annyway.  Here's my problem code snippet:
> >
> > While Not RSFields.EOF
> >       FieldID = RSFields("FieldID")
> >       If Request.QueryString("" & FieldID & "") = "yes" Then
> >               If RSFields("Tier") = 1 Then
> >                       Response.Write "<h3>" & RSFields("Heading")
> > & "</h3>"
> >               Else
> >                       Response.Write "<br><h2>" &
> > RSFields("Heading") & "</h2>"
> >               End If
> >               Response.Write RSFields("Body")
> >               RSFields.MoveNext
> >       End If
> > Wend
> >
> > I think it works, and does what I want, but goes extremely extremely
> > slowly.  Or, it might not be working at all. It's only printing one field
> > before the script times out.  If I hard code the FieldID variable, ala:
> >
> > While Not RSFields.EOF
> >       FieldID = RSFields("FieldID")
> >       If Request.QueryString("1") = "yes" Then
> >               If RSFields("Tier") = 1 Then
> >                       Response.Write "<h3>" & RSFields("Heading")
> > & "</h3>"
> >               Else
> >                       Response.Write "<br><h2>" &
> > RSFields("Heading") & "</h2>"
> >               End If
> >               Response.Write RSFields("Body")
> >               RSFields.MoveNext
> >       End If
> > Wend
> >
> > Then it seems to work fine.  Could anyone suggest a way to
> > achieve the same
> > effect, in a way that works or circumvents the QueryString(variable)
> > problem?  Or, tell me what I'm doing wrong to it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > April
> > april at farstrider.org
> >
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