Include page

OK my day is ruined ;-)

In coldfusion this is something simple and used on a daily basis.
I will try the work around if its not disabled.

request.queryString( "method" ) would give me the url parameter right?

PS. any ideas on this one?
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Web_Languages/ASP/Q_21607637.html

OK I get
Error Type:
Active Server Pages, ASP 0141 (0x80004005)
The @ command can only be used once within the Active Server Page.

And I removed the @ command from the included file, but it seems to include not the first page but the second one as well, which is the one I have not removed it from.

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Select Case request.queryString( "method" )
Case "getContactInfo" %>
<!--#include file="getContactInfoXML.asp"-->
<% Case "accountBalance" %>
<!--#include file="accountBalanceXML.asp"-->
<% Case "registerDomain" %>
<!--#include file="registerDomainXML.asp"-->
<% End Select %>

It just seems to want to execute all include when I have
<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Select Case request.queryString( "method" )
Case "getContactInfo" %>
<!--#include file="getContactInfoXML.asp"-->
<% Case "accountBalance" %>
<!--#include file="accountBalanceXML.asp"-->
<% Case "registerDomain" %>
<!--#include file="registerDomainXML.asp"-->
<% End Select %>

but when I have

<%
Select Case request.queryString( "method" )
Case "getContactInfo" %>
<!--#include file="getContactInfoXML.asp"-->
<% End Select %>

it works fine, any ideas?

1. when is <%%> necessary empty like that? (I'm new to ASP)
2. they are in the same folder

I had all of them removed but then I got:

Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A0411)
Name redefined
/com_startregistration/asp/accountBalanceXML.asp, line 7, column 19
Dim startupResult, Srs
------------------^

In relation to the script error (variable redefined).

If you define a variable in an include file (with the Dim command), you cannot redifine it again in another include. In this case, I would recommend that variables you share across includes be defined in one place (maybe a separate include, with just the variable definitions).

Hello Tacobell777

<%%> is necessary when you waht something to be done at server side like

on item 1
<%
Response.Rite("Heelo World");
%>

on item 2
Included files must start with <% and end with %> if there are code different than HTML tags.

You could try to incluse a single file with a simple contents like the above to see what's happens.

You cannot use switch to trigger which file to include. Use instead Server.Execute("myFileName.ext");

HTH

I

I know what <%%> is for, I just thought that he meant I needed to include <%%> literally.

> In relation to the script error

As I thought initially - it executes/parses all include files even though they are in different case statements, because none of the files give an error on its own.

I guess I am going to have to steer away from this include idea, it's to much of a hassle..