Including a Text File
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Topic: Including a Text File
Posted By: pmormr
Subject: Including a Text File
Date Posted: 13 April 2003 at 7:39pm
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I need to include a text file... the name is located in a database (example: myfile.txt). I know this won't work but this is what it would need to do ------------- Paul A Morgan http://www.pmorganphoto.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.pmorganphoto.com/ |
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Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 13 April 2003 at 9:15pm
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didnt i answer this in another post? anyways do this: <% Server.Execute("/_jokestorage/" & myvariable) %> ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Scotty32
Date Posted: 14 April 2003 at 7:04am
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is.... and <% Server.Execute("/_jokestorage/" & myvariable) %> basically the same? does it do the same thing? |
Posted By: pedalcars
Date Posted: 14 April 2003 at 8:09am
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No (not here at least) - As includes are included first, (before the scripts are run), you'd get an error because there wont be a file in the /_jokestorage/ folder named "<%myvariable%>"
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Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 14 April 2003 at 8:55am
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theres just one problem with using Server.Execute, theres nothing to EXECUTE! Its just one text file with some writing in it and the file name is dynamic. ------------- Paul A Morgan http://www.pmorganphoto.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.pmorganphoto.com/ |
Posted By: Scotty32
Date Posted: 14 April 2003 at 8:58am
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ok, when i asked is "include" the same as "server.execute" i didnt mean the if i use ASP in the include i ment if ya have a normal include like <!--#include file="text.txt"--> |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 14 April 2003 at 2:41pm
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no it is not the same. server.execute is faster as it safes a roundtrip to the browser. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 14 April 2003 at 8:14pm
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will server.execute have the same the effect of includes? It can't execute a text file that has nothing but text in it. ------------- Paul A Morgan http://www.pmorganphoto.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.pmorganphoto.com/ |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 14 April 2003 at 9:13pm
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sure it can ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 14 April 2003 at 9:38pm
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pmormr wrote:Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 15 April 2003 at 8:04am
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Well there are a few differences that might not come into play on a lot of sites. If you use include for let's say a page that displays memeber, it is pulled before any asp is processed. Again if you use Server.Execute asp is processed where you might do a member cleanup for example and then the server.execute is called, so in an effect the result can be different. Thus MadDog is right in most cases the outcome is similar. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |