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when creating an .asp page in DreamWeaver MX, a hyperlink created from
information stored in an access 2003 database, the hyperlink does not create
properly.
here is the relevant code from the web page:
<body>
<%
Dim oConn
Dim oRs
Dim filePath
' Map authors database to physical path
filePath = Server.MapPath("../access_db/music.mdb")
' Create ADO Connection Component to connect with sample database
Set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & filePath
Set oRs = oConn.Execute ("select * from SONG_TITLES where WRITTEN = True
and RECORDED = True and MASTERED = True")
Dim title
Dim length
Dim complete
Dim projectID
Dim link
Dim credits
%>
<font face="book antiqua">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table align="center" width="100%" height="100%" border=1>
<tr>
<th width="20%">
TITLE
</th>
<%
do while not oRs.EOF
title = oRs("TITLE")
length = oRs("LENGTH")
complete = oRs("DATE")
projectID = oRs("PRIMARY_PROJECT_ID")
link = "<a href = http://www.gemoll.net/davidgemoll.net/asx/" & title &
".asx target=new>"
Response.Write(link)
Response.Write("<tr align = center width=" & "100%" &"><td width=" & "20%"
& ">" & link & title & "</a></td></tr>")
oRs.movenext
loop
%>
</table>
</font>
</body>
************************
problem:
when the variable 'title' is populated with a data item with NO spaces, the
link works fine.
when the variable 'title' is populated with a data item with spaces, the
link fails. the address bar shows the link properly up to the first space in
the data item used to create the link.
now, i originally thought the the response.write function interpreted the
spaces in the variable differently when written as part of an anchor tag;
upon further testing...i became convinced this was a bug.
i replaced the variable with a hard coded value with spaces and the behavior
did not change.
i tried referencing the recordset directly, by-passing the variable all
together...this did not work either.
just before giving up, it dawned on me to 'check the source code after the
..asp page is created'.
so, with the page displayed, i clicked view, source code and reviewed the
..asp source code in notepad.
to my surprise, the .asp source code was correct...in other words the
hyperlinks correct, with or without spaces in the source code...however, the
hyperlinks with spaces, do not translate to the address bar of the
'target=new' browser.
i have kept a copy of the file in question with the above described behavior
here:
http://www.gemoll.net/davidgemoll.net/microsoft.asp
the above page was created with the above code, minus the irrelevant code;
if you view the source code, all of the hyperlinks show correct. however, the
song titles with spaces in them do not work, while the single word song title
links work properly.
one last thing...the same variable is used to display the song title as is
used to create the hyperlink...notice the song titles all display properly.
if this is not a bug, i haven't the slightest clue as to why it would behave
differently with or without space...
information stored in an access 2003 database, the hyperlink does not create
properly.
here is the relevant code from the web page:
<body>
<%
Dim oConn
Dim oRs
Dim filePath
' Map authors database to physical path
filePath = Server.MapPath("../access_db/music.mdb")
' Create ADO Connection Component to connect with sample database
Set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & filePath
Set oRs = oConn.Execute ("select * from SONG_TITLES where WRITTEN = True
and RECORDED = True and MASTERED = True")
Dim title
Dim length
Dim complete
Dim projectID
Dim link
Dim credits
%>
<font face="book antiqua">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table align="center" width="100%" height="100%" border=1>
<tr>
<th width="20%">
TITLE
</th>
<%
do while not oRs.EOF
title = oRs("TITLE")
length = oRs("LENGTH")
complete = oRs("DATE")
projectID = oRs("PRIMARY_PROJECT_ID")
link = "<a href = http://www.gemoll.net/davidgemoll.net/asx/" & title &
".asx target=new>"
Response.Write(link)
Response.Write("<tr align = center width=" & "100%" &"><td width=" & "20%"
& ">" & link & title & "</a></td></tr>")
oRs.movenext
loop
%>
</table>
</font>
</body>
************************
problem:
when the variable 'title' is populated with a data item with NO spaces, the
link works fine.
when the variable 'title' is populated with a data item with spaces, the
link fails. the address bar shows the link properly up to the first space in
the data item used to create the link.
now, i originally thought the the response.write function interpreted the
spaces in the variable differently when written as part of an anchor tag;
upon further testing...i became convinced this was a bug.
i replaced the variable with a hard coded value with spaces and the behavior
did not change.
i tried referencing the recordset directly, by-passing the variable all
together...this did not work either.
just before giving up, it dawned on me to 'check the source code after the
..asp page is created'.
so, with the page displayed, i clicked view, source code and reviewed the
..asp source code in notepad.
to my surprise, the .asp source code was correct...in other words the
hyperlinks correct, with or without spaces in the source code...however, the
hyperlinks with spaces, do not translate to the address bar of the
'target=new' browser.
i have kept a copy of the file in question with the above described behavior
here:
http://www.gemoll.net/davidgemoll.net/microsoft.asp
the above page was created with the above code, minus the irrelevant code;
if you view the source code, all of the hyperlinks show correct. however, the
song titles with spaces in them do not work, while the single word song title
links work properly.
one last thing...the same variable is used to display the song title as is
used to create the hyperlink...notice the song titles all display properly.
if this is not a bug, i haven't the slightest clue as to why it would behave
differently with or without space...