Database to ASP

[JFarneth]

Hello,

I am building a page with a stats bar which can be dynamically updated (this
is the best method, as every page uses the same bar). There are some stats
(such as an ASP countdown to a date) that I would really like to use, but when
I put in the VBScript <%response.write(DateDiff("d", Now(), x))%> all that is
posted on the page is what you see. For example, if I manually place the
script into the page it returns a value of 15, but when it is dynamically
placed in by the database I just get the script appearing. Is it possible to
fix this? The point is to have as little intervention into the website as
possible (such as creating application variables), I would like to add a number
of different functions like this in the future. Thanks for your help,

Jason Farneth

Just to cover the ground - ASP VBScript, DW8, Access Database

[Lionstone]

You can't store server-side code in the database. As you're seeing,
anything from the database is treated as output. You'll have to use a
client-side javascript instead because javascript IS output and isn't
executed until the page is loaded by the client.

"JFarneth" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:e2n06a$7h5$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hello,
> I put in the VBScript <%response.write(DateDiff("d", Now(), x))%> all that
> is
> posted on the page is what you see. For example, if I manually place the
> script into the page it returns a value of 15, but when it is dynamically
> placed in by the database I just get the script appearing.