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Topic: ASP help inserting record into hyperlink

Posted By: Pluribus
Subject: ASP help inserting record into hyperlink
Date Posted: 13 December 2011 at 4:44pm

I am a relative ASP newbie and need some help please. I have a list of categories displayed on my page and need to make them into hyperlinks only displaying the category name itself, not the entire link.

I've managed to open the database connection and display the list of categories fine. Unfortunately I cannot work out the code to get the category inserted into the hyperlink too.

In case I am not explaining myself well I have added a bit of code below which might help you understand what I am looking for:

This is what I have:

Response.Write (rsCategories("categories"))

Response.Write ("<br>")

Which displays to the user as:

English

Comprehension

Maths

Numeracy

What I need is the "proper" version of this (non working) code:

Response.Write(rsCategories("<a href="results.asp?pl=<%categories%>>categories</a>"))

Response.Write ("<br>")

This should still display to the user as the first example but each link should point to:

results.asp?pl=English

results.asp?pl=Comprehension

results.asp?pl=Maths

results.asp?pl=Numeracy

If someone could tell me where I have gone wrong I would really appreciate it!

Thanks

Ian

Replies:

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 13 December 2011 at 5:09pm

Inside a Respose.Write string you need to escape quotes " with two quotes "". You also can not use <% varaible %> in this way and instaed need to use " & variable & "

Your line should be:-

Response.Write("<a href=""results.asp?pl=" & rsCategories("categories") & """>" & rsCategories("categories") & "</a>")

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Posted By: Pluribus
Date Posted: 13 December 2011 at 5:18pm

100 billion % brilliant. I have been struggling with that all afternoon. You are a star WebWiz-Bruce and I think you have just saved my sanity, muchos appreciation and thanks :D