Question

include vs. server.execute

Asked by: megatshamsul

i always use include to an asp file in my app..
but, i have to ensure that there is no multiple declaration across my include pages..

then, i came across server.execute..
just curious which is the best to use if i have a condition, based on the condition, i'll called the another asp page... example:

<%
if status=1 then %>
    <!-- #include file="status_1.asp" -->
<%
else %>
    <!-- #include file="status_else.asp" -->
<%
end if
'proceed with the rest of the code
'upon receiving value from include asp page
%>

thanks in advance,
megat shamsul
               

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2001-12-26 at 19:34:06ID20249209
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Answers

 

by: munish123Posted on 2001-12-26 at 21:26:16ID: 6695683

On the IIS 5.0 Server.execute and include serve the same purpose, however server.execute is the preffered way.
If you have the IIS vervion 4 then the Server.execute method won't work and you have to use the include directive only...

 

by: b1xml2Posted on 2001-12-27 at 00:19:08ID: 6695821

There is a vast difference between Server.Execute and
this:-
<%
if status=1 then %>
   <!-- #include file="status_1.asp" -->
<%
else %>
   <!-- #include file="status_else.asp" -->
<%
end if
'proceed with the rest of the code
'upon receiving value from include asp page
%>

1.  Prior to IIS 5, there was no other way to conditionally execute an Include. However, the drawback was that every include referenced in the conditionality is loaded which in the code above is BOTH status_1.asp and status_else.asp. This meant that if the status_1.asp has 1,000 lines of code and status_else.asp has another 1,000 lines of code, we have 2,000 lines of code being loaded even though we will only execute one of the two includes. You can extrapolate and imagine if you have 5 or more includes. This made scalability a joke on IIS if you implement conditionality on includes. Recap: ALL INCLUDES WOULD BE LOADED/INITIALISED. ONLY ONE WOULD BE EXECUTED!

2. Server.Execute provided the best of both worlds; No loading/initialising of ALL includes. Just the execution of the asp page we want. That is why Server.Execute was created in IIS 5 and which should be used over the old way of conditionality. Server.Execute means that the ASP page concerned would be executed and then control would be passed back to the original page. All items in the Response Object is available in the executed page as well.

Regards,

Brandon Driesen

 

by: MrKhalidPosted on 2003-10-11 at 05:17:59ID: 9532448

All items in the Response Object is available in the executed page as well.


I defined a variable of X from the mean page and tried to print the value of X in the called page, it did give me nothing? How can I print the vaue of X using server.execute command?

 

by: MrKhalidPosted on 2003-10-11 at 05:28:56ID: 9532474

I have mean page called mean.asp that will run Page1.asp and Page2.asp, I need to print the value of X that was defined at the mean page using server.execute().  example

Server.Execute("page2.asp") should print the value of X when executed, how?

I did put response.write(x) where x is defined at the mean page, but it printes nothing!! How can I print the value of X?


Thanks

 

by: xdoc482Posted on 2004-01-30 at 08:15:19ID: 10236087

Ok, in order to print your X variable onto your called page, set your variable X as a Session Variable in the Caller page.


Mean.asp

Session("X") = 3

Server.Execute("page2.asp")


Page2.asp

Response.Write Session("X")


I have tried all other options, but this is the only way that you can do this.  The Executed page carries over all Session, Application, Request, and Response objects and their values from your caller page.  This really sucks as a solution because when it comes to database connections, you don't really wanna place a ODBC connection in the Session or Application objects.  I hope microsoft can modify this method to act as a REAL include file which virtually (copies and pastes) code into the caller asp, instead of using a different scope for the called asp.

 

by: movieeyePosted on 2004-02-21 at 11:22:29ID: 10421878

I use this session technique as well and although it works, it is akin to creating a language that allows functions without parameters.
How nice it would be if we could pass variables in the URL:
server.execute("page2.asp?x=1&y=2....")

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