Greetings,

I cannot get the following code to work on the top of pg. 221 to work for the validation form. Is there an error that I cannot detect? Browsers detect this error:
Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A03EA)
Syntax error
/thecookingplace/register.asp, line 23, column 78
Response.Write("We will email the information to you at <strong>" & strEmail &
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------^

I am typing exactly as indicated in book. I know this is likely very simple but I am a beginner and feel very insecure
when something goes wrong and I don't know why. :)

Thanks,
Beth Ellen

Here is the code as indicated in book:

<%
if strContact = "email" then
Response.Write("We will email the information to you at <strong>" & strEmail &
"</strong>.")
Else
Response.Write("We will post the requested information to you at home.")
End if
%>

(note: I changed the "you" in book to "we").

I think a line break is causing the problem. This:

Response.Write("We will email the information to you at <strong>" & strEmail & "</strong>.")

should all be on one line.

For the book this was probably too long to display on a single line, so it was wrapped.

You can also use the line continuation character _ to split a line of code over multiple lines:

Response.Write("We will email the information to you at " & _
"<strong>" & strEmail & _
"</strong>.")

HtH,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Excellent. Thanks much! I look forward to learning the code better.

Beth