I have an .asp page, which displays an article from the database based on a queryString value, (/news/articleDetails.asp?articleID=1). On the left hand side of the page is a menu, which lists all the articles in the database. I want to italicize (<I></I>) the current article to let the user know which article they are currently reading.

<%articleRequested = Request.QueryString("articleID")%>

<%If articleID = articleRequested Then%>

<i><span class="regText"><%=articleDate%></span> - <a href="/news/articleDetails.asp?articleID=<%=articleID%>">
<%=articleTitle%></a></i><br><br>

<%Else%>

<span class="regText"><%=articleDate%></span> - <a href="/news/articleDetails.asp?articleID=<%=articleID%>">
<%=articleTitle%></a><br><br>

<%End IF%>

Everything works fine with:

<%If articleID = "1" Then%>

Can you do this with an IF statement?

Thanks.

;;;Can you do this with an IF statement?
can you do what with an if statement?

Wind is your friend
Matt

My conditional statement fails to italicize the record where articleID is equal to the Request.QueryString variable.

<%articleRequested = Request.QueryString("articleID")

If articleID = articleRequested Then
"write record with italics"
Else
"write record without italics"
End IF
%>

However, if the statement is written:

<% If articleID = "1" Then ... it works properly writing the first article title in italics and writting every other record without italics.

How do I write the IF statement to use the value being passed thru the querystring?

Thank you.

I forgot to write that it also works with:

Dim number
number = 1

If articleID = number Then ...

Ahhh I see. looks like you are comparing one data type to another usesome functions aroung your values:

cInt(trim(articleID)) = cInt(trim(articleRequested))
or
cStr(trim(articleID)) = cStr(trim(articleRequested))

You need to determine if the values are strings or integers:
function 1 = IsNumeric(expression)
Returns a Boolean value indicating whether an expression can be evaluated as a number.

function 2 = TypeName(varname)
Returns a string that provides Variant subtype information about a variable.

function 3 = CStr(expression)
Returns an expression that has been converted to a Variant of subtype String.

basicly you need to check/convert the values you are comparing to the same data types, then it will work









Wind is your friend
Matt

Matt,

Thank you for your help and the tutorial. Works beautifully.

Chris

no worries mate. The way you have acieved you objective is a little verbose, it could be done a bit smarter:

Lets say our articles are in a record set called articles. I assume these are dynamicly generated? - if so I would:

if not articles.EoF then
   do until articles.EoF
      if cInt(trim(articleID)) = cInt(trim(articleRequested)) then response.write "<i>" end if%>
      <span class="regText"><%=articleDate%></span> - <a href="/news/articleDetails.asp?articleID=<%=articleID%>"><%=ar ticleTitle%></a>
<% if cInt(trim(articleID)) = cInt(trim(articleRequested)) then response.write "</i>" end if%>
      <br><br>
<% articles.moveNext
   loop
else
   response.write "no articles found"
end if
%>

Wind is your friend
Matt