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Topic: Dynamic Includes

Posted By: ptetz
Subject: Dynamic Includes
Date Posted: 25 August 2003 at 4:44pm

Hi there,

I'm trying to create a website that is completely database driven (MSAccess) using VBScript. How can I pull the following text from a field in the database:


and have it run through the server to generate the header using the include statement, versus just having the include statement print (basically make it work?)? Does this make sense??

I currently have a file called tblpages.asp that extracts all the information needed to build a page and this stores the information into variables - which I know doesn't work, but I can't wrap my head around how to make it work (i.e. my table includes txt_Title, txt_Keywords, , txt_Description, txt_Header, txt_Left, txt_Content, txt_Right, txt_Footer). Anything that is text only in my tables works, but anything that is an include statement doesn't.

Sample code of my default.asp page:

 (extract variables from database)

<html>
<head>
    <title><%= txt_Title %></title>
    <meta name=Keywords content="<%= txt_Keywords %>">
    <meta name=Description content="<%= mem_Description %>">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<%= txt_Stylesheet %>" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<table width="760" height="100%" border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=3>

  <tr valign="top">

    
        <td colspan=2>
            <% =txt_Header %>(this is the include statement which doesn't work)
        </td>
  </tr>

Thanks!

Paula

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Paula

Replies:

Posted By: ljamal
Date Posted: 25 August 2003 at 5:38pm

You can't pull an include file from a database because includes are processed and included before the script runs.

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Posted By: ptetz
Date Posted: 25 August 2003 at 9:38pm

Yes...I understand that includes are processed before the script runs, as I stated in my original post and that's why I'm asking how to work around it. I gave my example code so that people could see what I was trying to accomplish.

I've read a bit about the FileSystemObject object...can anybody provide input about using this object somehow??

Thanks.

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Paula

Posted By: vshriniwasan
Date Posted: 28 August 2003 at 11:28am

There is no workaround for this. Mainly because the server has already processed the information that is in the page and now only thing left is printing. If you do include, it will be a comment in that area rather than bringing in the info.

I would rather suggest doing it as template. Have a template file, where all the structure is located. Than pull the info in. You can keep the info in a XML or an include file. I understand you want to do only VB. But this might be an option for you.

Last IDEA I can think is using FSO to create, edit and write to a file. Being that is a full file, it does bring in the includes.

Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 28 August 2003 at 12:39pm

I posted this on my site last nite, its a script for dynamic includes, read the post at http://www.invisionportal.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1345&PN=1 - http://www.invisionportal.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1345&PN=1

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Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 28 August 2003 at 3:25pm

MadDog wrote:

I posted this on my site last nite, its a script for dynamic includes, read the post at http://www.invisionportal.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1345&PN=1 - http://www.invisionportal.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1345&PN=1

Yeah, but we have to sign up just to read the post there...

Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 28 August 2003 at 3:56pm

Sorry, forgot i had that set. I made it so guests can view it.

http://www.invisionportal.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1345&PN=1 - http://www.invisionportal.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1345&PN=1

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Posted By: farrukh
Date Posted: 28 August 2003 at 3:58pm

guys check this link
http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=7633&lngWId=4

post on above maddogs posts....
ahh nice way to restrict user to signup and see the topic

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