Also you are missing a closing single quote before class=.
Try this.
Code:
...='http://www.wrox.org/page2.aspx?" & ds.Tables("ColumnID").ToString() & "' class=...
I think you should post this to ASP.net forum under category
DotNet, not here, as this is a classic ASP forum.
Hope that helps.
Cheers!
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