Yup, this seems to be unfortunately the only way.  Those "strings"
in ASP are, IMO, VBScript string objects.  In case you'll encounter in 
the
future, the same problem exists for dates.  For instance, when you use
FileSystemObject and manipulate date, you have to do like this

var jsDate =3D new Date(objFF.DateCreated)

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Walter Torres [mailto:walter@t...]
> Envoy=C3=A9 : mercredi 19 f=C3=A9vrier 2003 21:14
> =C3=80 : javascript
> Objet : [javascript] RE: Q: ASP string length..
>
>
> OK, never mind.
>
> It seems that I have to define the inbound string as a string...
>
>      var myString =3D new String (Request("array") );
>
> otherwise JS ASP has no idea what it is! :(
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
> Walter
>