I get the following when I open the code. TEXTBOX is the actual white input box. I looked for a mis " some palce and I can find it.

" METHOD="POST">
E-Mail Address:TEXTBOX VALUE="" SIZE="40">
Password: TEXTBOX

Here is my code from the book / downloaded code

<FORM ACTION="CheckLogin.asp<% If Request("SecondTry")="True" Then
                                 Response.Write "?SecondTry=True"
                               End If %>" METHOD="POST">

Thank you
Andre'

you didn't post the rest of your form: look if the rest of your form is ok, i mean if you have all the end-tags you need. try cleaning up the code, formatting it more nicely so you can see in a second where the problem could be.
I mean in this way:
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<FORM ACTION="CheckLogin.asp
<%
If Request("SecondTry")="True" Then
  Response.Write "?SecondTry=True"
End If
%>
" METHOD="POST">
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i don't see an error here, so i guess it must be in the rest of your form (or in the part before it.

Maybe it could also be more clearly if you work this way:
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<%
response.write "<FORM METHOD=""POST"" ACTION=""CheckLogin.asp"
If Request("SecondTry")="True" Then Response.Write "?SecondTry=True"
response.write """>"
%>
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bye,
mndrx