[thelist] VBScript - declaring dynamically named vars in a Fo rloop

[Pringle, Ron]

> > I'm trying to declare variables named in numeric sequence 
> > based on the name of each dynamic field. So something like this:
> 
> Ok.  I'm not 100% sure I understand what you are trying to 
> do, but here's
> some feedback nonetheless.
> 
> > Dim dateCount
> > Dim howMany
> > howMany=request.form("howMany")
> > dateCount=1
> > 
> > For x = dateCount To howMany
> > Dim sEventDate(x)
> 
> This is problem number one.  sEventDate is an array.  Use Dim 
> to declare it
> once and then ReDim Preserve to resize it withot destroying 
> its contents.

Ok, backing up here. How to I declare an array with a value that is passed
as a variable from a form?

Assuming I have a text input form where a number is entered, and that form
field is named "howMany". Lets say I've input "2" in that field, so using
the below code:

howMany = CInt(request.form("howMany"))

howMany should have an integer of 2 as its value, correct?

Now I want to dimension an array with the size of "howMany". I've tried
writing it out as:

Dim sEventDate(howMany)

That just throws an error saying "Expected integer constant".

I'm sure this is some fundamental of VBScript that I am just completely not
understanding here.

Ron