1. ADO Objects must be explicitly closed

Setting ADO objects to Nothing without first closing them might cause ASPMail to fail

Posted By Kim Berry, Post #100079, KB Topic: ASP Classic

2. ASP and ADO Coding Practices

ASP and ADO coding best practices.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100144, KB Topic: ASP Classic

3. ASP Classic Array (x = Array())

Arrays in ASP Classic use a 0-based indice.

Use UBound to get the number of elements. UBound returns -1 if the array has no elements, 0 if it has 1, 1 if it has 2, etc.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #102133, KB Topic: ASP Classic

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic Array (x... vs. Other Languages

4. ASP Classic Empty String Check (Len(s&vbNullString))

In ASP Classic, you have to add an empty string to the value being compared in order to get consistent results. For example, add &"" to your string varilable or it's code equivalent &vbNullString. Then compare to an empty string or verify it's length to 0 with Len.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #102039, KB Topic: ASP Classic

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic Empty St... vs. Other Languages

5. ASPSuite Developers Blog

Developer blog journal for our ASPSuite product. This blog is intended for the Prestwood ASP Classic developers.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100399, KB Topic: ASP Classic

6. CDO (Collaboration Data Objects)

Using CDO to send email.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100248, KB Topic: ASP Classic

7. Global.asa Overview

Introduction to the global.asa file.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100169, KB Topic: ASP Classic

8. Response.Redirect vs. Server.Transfer

A quick comparison.

Posted By Adam Lum, Post #100665, KB Topic: ASP Classic

9. Setting to null or empty and checking

Use IsEmpty or Len > 0 to test
When clearing, set to Null (not "")

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100229, KB Topic: ASP Classic

10. Setting up your Web Server to Run ASP Scripts

Running ASP on IIS

Posted By Adam Lum, Post #100300, KB Topic: ASP Classic

11. A 10 Minute ASP Classic Quick Start

An example of using ASP's Response.Write and creating functions.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100014, KB Topic: Tool Basics

12. ASP Classic Comparison Operators (=, <>)

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #101585, KB Topic: Tool Basics

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic Comparis... vs. Other Languages

13. Creating a Class in ASP

Create a basic Class in ASP

Posted By Adam Lum, Post #100304, KB Topic: Tool Basics

14. ASP Classic If Statement (If..ElseIf..Else..End If)

The End If is optional if you put your code on a single line.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #101383, KB Topic: Language Basics

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic If State... vs. Other Languages

15. ASP Classic Logical Operators (and, or, not)

Same as VB. ASP Classic logical operators:

and	and, as in this and that
or	or, as in this or that
Not	Not, as in Not This

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #101891, KB Topic: Language Basics

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic Logical ... vs. Other Languages

16. Buffer a RecordSet in an application variable

In ASP, you can buffer a RecordSet in either a session or application variable. This code snippet shows you how to create a reusable method for buffering RecordSets in an application variable.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100410, KB Topic: Language Basics

17. Clear Application and Session Variables Using ASP classic

Use Application.Contents.RemoveAll and Session.Contents.RemoveAll

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100452, KB Topic: Language Basics

18. Get Browser Width

Many users these days have very wide screens. This article shows you how to determine the browser width using ASP classic.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #101299, KB Topic: Language Basics

19. Get Count of Field Types in a Table

Code sample to get a count of the number of fields in a table of a particular field type (a particular DataTypeEnum).

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100432, KB Topic: Language Basics

20. Get GMT Server Offset

You can use JavaScript to set an IIS App var to the GMT server difference. Then use that number in your code.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100536, KB Topic: Language Basics

21. Loop Through Form Fields Code Snippet

This code snippet shows you how to loop through a form's fields.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100422, KB Topic: Language Basics

22. Random Numbers with Rnd and Randomize

Call randomize then call Rnd to generate a random number between 0 and 1.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100691, KB Topic: Language Basics

23. Read/Write from ASP to create a page from template

The Scripting object provides reading and writing of files. By adding a string replace in each line, ASP content can reside in a DB and inserted into the desired template.

Posted By Kim Berry, Post #100020, KB Topic: Language Basics

24. Send email with ASPMail

How to use ASPMail to send email from your web site.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100216, KB Topic: Language Basics

25. Using On Error Resume Next

You can use "On Error Resume Next" to suppress errors and "On Error Goto 0" to stop suppressing errors.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100411, KB Topic: Language Basics

26. ASP Classic Associative Array (Scripting.Dictionary)

Use the scriptiing dictionary object which is available on later versions of ASP Classic (all still commonly in use). Both Access VBA and VB Classic use a collection for this but collections are not supported in ASP Classic.

Dim StateList

Set StateList = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
StateList.Add "CA", "California"

StateList.Add "NV", "Nevada" 

Response.Write "I live in " & StateList.Item("CA")

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #101512, KB Topic: Language Details

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic Associat... vs. Other Languages

27. RecordSet Properties, Methods, and Events

Using a RecordSet's properties, methods and events.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100431, KB Topic: Language Details

28. Response.Flush and Response.Buffer

Response.Flush sends the contents of the buffer to the browser. This command is useful for showing a visitor something while slow loading pages load.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100421, KB Topic: Language Details

29. Weekday and WeekdayName

Use Weekday and WeekdayName to return the day of week in ASP.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #100100, KB Topic: Language Details

30. ASP Classic Class..Object (Class..Set..New)

Ultra-primitive (no inheritance) but useful and encourages you to think and design using objects.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #101398, KB Topic: OOP

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic Class..O... vs. Other Languages

31. ASP Classic Constructors (Class_Initialize)

When an object instance is created from a class, ASP calls a special parameter-less sub named Class_Initialize. Since you cannot specify parameters for this sub, you also cannot overload it.

When a class is destroyed, ASP calls a special sub called Class_Terminate.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #101823, KB Topic: OOP

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic Construc... vs. Other Languages

32. ASP Classic Destructor (Class_Terminate)

When an object instance is destroyed, ASP calls a special parameter-less sub named Class_Terminate. For example, when the variable falls out of scope. Since you cannot specify parameters for this sub, you also cannot overload it.

When an object instance is created from a class, ASP calls a special sub called Class_Initialize.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #101830, KB Topic: OOP

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic Destruct... vs. Other Languages

33. ASP Classic Member Property (Property..Get..Let)

ASP classic uses the property keyword and special Get and Let methods to both get and set the values of properties.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #101749, KB Topic: OOP

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic Member P... vs. Other Languages

34. ASP Classic Member Visibility (Private, Public)

The member visibility modifiers are Private and Public. If not specified, the default is Public. Private and Public have the usual meaning. Private members are visible only within the class block. Public members are visible within the class and outside of the class.

Posted By Mike Prestwood, Post #101956, KB Topic: OOP

  To/From Code Guide: ASP Classic Member V... vs. Other Languages