I built a very basic asp page that displays the contents of an access database in a table. It is a system status page, so one of the fields is either "UP" or "DOWN". I want to be able to make that cell's background color red when the value is DOWN. Can this be done with ASP?

It's not a question of ASP, but of HTML.

Either set the table cell's background color:
<td bgcolor="#FF0000"></td>

Or you could use inline styles:
<td style="background-color:#FF0000;"></td>

Or you could use CSS:
<style>
TD.down{ background-color:#FF0000; }
</style>
<td class="down"></td>

I'd recommend using CSS as this is more standard and would reduce the overall HTML weight of your page.

Peter
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Work smarter, not harder.

Then again, I just noticed this is in the ASPX forum. Are you using a datalist/grid for your data display? That would change things a bit.

Yes I am using a html table to display the data. I know how to change the color, but I only want to change the color when the value is DOWN. I.E. if the value is up, leave the color alone.

I figured it out. Just a basic if then statement works fine:

<% if rs.("field1") = "UP" then %>
<td><% = ("field1") %></td>
<% else %>
<td bgcolor="red"><% = ("field1") %></td>
<% end if %>