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How to order the tags ?

Simple example. I have the following code:

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%>
<!DOCTYPE html>

<!--#BlueDot Include files-->
<!--#include file="../../Connections/bluedot.asp" -->
<!--#include file="../../includes/bdot/attysessiontimeoutvb2.asp"-->
<!--#include file="../../includes/bdot/scripts.asp"-->
<!--#BeginBlock-->

<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
</body>
</html>

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I get this error:

Unexpected start tag

File: webaccess_SPadd.asp, Line: 68, Column: 1

This is in the <head> tag ... how should it be ordered so not to have that error ?
If I add <html> just above then I get an error saying the document has to html tags.

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Big Monty

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Shaun Kline

Curious. Where is the start HTML tag?

Aleks

ASKER

It seems the culprit is in this include file:


Moving that file inside the <head> fixed the issue. Thanks for pointing it out.

Big Monty

good catch Shaun, unless it's located in one of the include files, they need to add one under the DocType specification

Aleks

ASKER

I was getting an error of two html tags if I added it. Now that I have moved the script I was able to add it.

Big Monty

just for my own intellectual curiosity, I don't quite understand you're explanation, can you elaborate? what did you move?

Aleks

ASKER

One of the include files, it was at the top. I moved it inside the 'head' , they were scripts.
The ones at the top are connections. So the scripts were causing the issue because those belong inside the 'head'

Big Monty

gotcha, thx for clearing that up :)