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Quotes problem

Response.Write("<form action=""chav.asp?action=aupdated?"" & PID & """ method=""post"" name=""upload"" enctype=""multipart/form-data"" OnSubmit=""return CheckNewRequest1(); return ShowProgress();"">" & vbCrLf)

can somone explain what is wrong with my quotage here for the action and why. The PID is not showing in the URL. I guess in some situations I still don't get the quotes and why I need more than 2 quotes in some situations. I know if I am concatinating on a variable that I need to end the string, put in & var & but don't know how to end the quotage...do I use 3, 4, ???

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Lee W, MVP

You have double-quotes beside the PID - I don't think that's right. Remove one from the left side, see:

Response.Write("<form action=""chav.asp?action=aupdated?" & PID & """ method=""post"" name=""upload"" enctype=""multipart/form-data"" OnSubmit=""return CheckNewRequest1(); return ShowProgress();"">" & vbCrLf)

dba123

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but why...how are the quotes working in this situation....how is ASP interpreting this particular quote set?

dba123

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Ok, tried this but the PID still isn't showing a number....and I know the PID has a value if I print it to the screen.

Response.Write("<form action=""chav.asp?action=aupdated?" & PID & """ method=""post"" name=""upload"" enctype=""multipart/form-data"" OnSubmit=""return CheckNewRequest1(); return ShowProgress();"">" & vbCrLf)

dba123

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this is before the form...the PID is returning a value if I print it to the screen

Set UploadProgress = Server.CreateObject("Persits.UploadProgress")
PID = "PID=" & UploadProgress.CreateProgressID()
barref = "framebar.asp?to=10&" & PID

apresto

try using single quotes when inside a tag within an ASP tag:
%<

"<FORM name='name' action='...'>" & etc

dba123

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we aren't using single quotes here.....I am keping to the standard. I used to use single quotes also but now using double.

dba123

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We are using Response.Write so we have to use double quotes...I'm sticking to Response.Write.

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boblah

dba123,

Add the following line before the form write, and post the source of the resulting document for the form and the bit before.

Response.Write(PID)

dba123

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yea, that's what I was saying...I was printing PID to the screen and it returned a valid number...outside of my sub since the 3 lines below were outside my sub so I thought that PID would then be global.

but what I had to do is move the lines below to be inside my sub. for some reason, my sub wasnt' recognizing PID.

Set UploadProgress = Server.CreateObject("Persits.UploadProgress")
PID = "PID=" & UploadProgress.CreateProgressID()
barref = "framebar.asp?to=10&" & PID

dba123

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yea, I always understood that "" = " and knew that " was an escape character but I guess sometimes it gets confusing...even when you've done it a million times.