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Topic: make string not case sensitive

Posted By: JoXser
Subject: make string not case sensitive
Date Posted: 03 April 2003 at 12:40pm

Is there a way to make this code NOT case sensitive?

this simply checks a string but it is currently case sensitive how to make it NOT?

If InStr(logon, "username") Then

Thanks
JxR

Entire code:
<%
If InStr(logon, "username") Then

   Else
   Response.Redirect("http://www.site.com/page.asp")

                End If
%>

Replies:

Posted By: eagle00789
Date Posted: 03 April 2003 at 3:00pm

make it all lowercase.

put the example below in an empty asppage and upload it to your server. then do a request for that file, like
test.asp?Text=ThIs_Is_A_tEsT

'---------------- begin test.asp

'---------------- end test.asp

you'r code would be like

<%
If InStr(logon, LCase("username")) Then

   Else
   Response.Redirect(" http://www.site.com/page.asp - http://www.site.com/page.asp ")

                End If
%>

Greetings chris

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Posted By: JoXser
Date Posted: 03 April 2003 at 4:01pm

Thanks, but I don't think this will work as I need to check for user names (logon) & if a user enters in all caps then the above LCase will not work how you have it.

So it is if login = user or USER then

The above has the LCase in the wrong spot. will it work if LCase is in front of logon:

If InStr(LCase(logon), "username") Then

JxR

Posted By: MorningZ
Date Posted: 03 April 2003 at 6:22pm

http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/vbscript/quickref/instr.html - http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/vbscript/quickref/instr.html

use the optional parameters to ignore case

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Posted By: JoXser
Date Posted: 04 April 2003 at 7:28am

Yes, this is what i need to use.

so my code is now?:

<% =InStr(1, "logon", "username", VBTextCompare) %>

Thanks.
JxR