Regarding the quotes in a hyperlink in ASP

[sanika1507]

Hi I just want to write a hyperlink in ASP. getting many errors . can anyone please help me with this....

Response.Write( "<font size=2 face=arial><A Class=TableLink HREF="http://cs-dev.govt.com/csscripts/login.asp?K=1234&srcserv er=cs" & "onMouseOve r=" & """" & "window.status= 'Case';return true" & """" & "onMouseOut =" & """" & "window.status= '';return true" & """" & ">Case:</A></font></td>")

[markrawlingson]

You're breaking the string. The quote at the beginning of the http://.... is being interpretted as an END quote, and the link http://... is being looked at as a variable or an object by ASP.

There are several ways to get around this.

1) Use single quotes.
2) Use 3 double quotes, not 1.
3) Use Chr( 34 ), which is a quote, but not interpretted by ASP as an ending to your string. I use Chr( 34 ) in my code, I don't like the other two methods very much.

[CODE=ASP]
Response.Write "<font size=2 face=arial><A Class=TableLink HREF=" & Chr( 34 ) & "http://cs-dev.govt.com/csscripts/login.asp?K=123 4&srcserver=c s" & Chr( 34 ) & " onMouseOver=" & Chr( 34 ) & "window.status= 'Case';return true" & Chr( 34 ) & " onMouseOut=" & Chr( 34 ) & "window.status= '';return true" & Chr( 34 ) & ">Case:</A></font></td>"
[/CODE]

Sincerely,
Mark

[sanika1507]

You're breaking the string. The quote at the beginning of the http://.... is being interpretted as an END quote, and the link http://... is being looked at as a variable or an object by ASP.

There are several ways to get around this.

1) Use single quotes.
2) Use 3 double quotes, not 1.
3) Use Chr( 34 ), which is a quote, but not interpretted by ASP as an ending to your string. I use Chr( 34 ) in my code, I don't like the other two methods very much.

[CODE=ASP]
Response.Write "<font size=2 face=arial><A Class=TableLink HREF=" & Chr( 34 ) & "http://cs-dev.govt.com/csscripts/login.asp?K=123 4&srcserver=c s" & Chr( 34 ) & " onMouseOver=" & Chr( 34 ) & "window.status= 'Case';return true" & Chr( 34 ) & " onMouseOut=" & Chr( 34 ) & "window.status= '';return true" & Chr( 34 ) & ">Case:</A></font></td>"
[/CODE]

Sincerely,
Mark

i m gettin the same out put.i m not gettin the hyperlink !!!!!!!!!

[sanika1507]

Thanks brother i m gettin it now!!!!!!!!!!

[jhardman]

For the problems you illustrated I agree with Mark. It is easier to write chr(34) than try to remember how many quote marks you have used and whether you are within a string at any given point.

Another option is to put the link outside of the ASP delimiters:
[code=asp]'code here %>
<font size=2 face=arial><A Class=TableLink HREF="http://cs-dev.govt.com/csscripts/login.asp?K=123 4&srcserver=c s" onMouseOver="wi ndow.status='Ca se';return true" onMouseOut="win dow.status='';r eturn true">Case:</A></font></td>
<%
'continue code[/code]Of course it is up to you to decide when to switch between ASP and HTML code, but I tend to switch to HTML when I need to write a lot of quote marks.

Jared

[sanika1507]

For the problems you illustrated I agree with Mark. It is easier to write chr(34) than try to remember how many quote marks you have used and whether you are within a string at any given point.

Another option is to put the link outside of the ASP delimiters:
[code=asp]'code here %>
<font size=2 face=arial><A Class=TableLink HREF="http://cs-dev.govt.com/csscripts/login.asp?K=123 4&srcserver=c s" onMouseOver="wi ndow.status='Ca se';return true" onMouseOut="win dow.status='';r eturn true">Case:</A></font></td>
<%
'continue code[/code]Of course it is up to you to decide when to switch between ASP and HTML code, but I tend to switch to HTML when I need to write a lot of quote marks.

Jared

Actually i used it like this now

Response.Write( "<td><A Class=TableLink HREF = 'http://cs-dev.govt.com/csscripts/login.asp?K="& SecEncode(Id) &" &srcserver=C S' > " &SecEncode(I d) &" </a> </td>")
.........
it works . but sme how i want this also
onMouseOver="wi ndow.status='Ca se';return true" onMouseOut="win dow.status='';r eturn true">
but i get an error in the applicaton Unterminated string constant
i knw this means there is as string which is not closed . but i have closed all properly.......

[jhardman]

... but i have closed all properly.......

That's what I'm talking about. There are so many quote marks it is nearly impossible to keep them straight on the first go, and there is still considerable difficulty cleaning it up. I would recommend you go outside the ASP delimiters:
[code=asp]<td><A Class="TableLin k" HREF="http://cs-dev.govt.com/csscripts/login.asp?K=<%= SecEncode(Id)%> &srcserver=C S"
onMouseOver="wi ndow.status='Ca se';return true" onMouseOut="win dow.status='';r eturn true"><%=SecEnc ode(Id)%></a></td>[/code]