msgbox

im trying to use the MsgBox function in the following to display an ASP
MsgBox containing text retrieved from the db into a recordset

<%
set rsMessages= myRecordset
msg_text = rsMessages.Fields("msg_text")
msgbox(msg_text)
%>

this generates a permission denied error b/c msgbox needs to run client side
so i tried the same code but used

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">
</SCRIPT>

in place of the <% %> tags

but now i just get an empty message box

i must be misunderstanding something with the way the msgbox function works
in terms of client side vs server side.

any help would be much appreciated

jt

Aaron
Mon Jul 19 11:45:36 CDT 2004

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"JT" <jt@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> im trying to use the MsgBox function in the following to display an ASP
> MsgBox containing text retrieved from the db into a recordset
>
> <%
> set rsMessages= myRecordset
> msg_text = rsMessages.Fields("msg_text")
> msgbox(msg_text)
> %>
>
> this generates a permission denied error b/c msgbox needs to run client
side
> so i tried the same code but used
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">
> </SCRIPT>
>
> in place of the <% %> tags
>
> but now i just get an empty message box
>
> i must be misunderstanding something with the way the msgbox function
works
> in terms of client side vs server side.
>
> any help would be much appreciated
>
> jt
>
>
>
>

Ray
Mon Jul 19 11:59:31 CDT 2004

Well, you understand server-side vs. client-side. Now all you have to do is
bridge the two together. You want to use a msgbox, which MUST take place in
the client environment, but you want to display data that is available in
the server-side environment. So, you need to pass the server-side value to
something that the client can see. Here's how to do that.

<%
'''server side code
set rsMessages= myRecordset
msg_text = rsMessages.Fields("msg_text")
%>

<script language="vbscript">
''client side code
msgbox "<%=msg_text%>"
</script>

You'll notice when you load the page and view source, the client-side script
will have the literal value of msg_text the same way that it would if you
just put something like <td><%=msg_text%></td> somewhere.

BTW, client-side vbscript is pretty much ill-advised...

Ray at work

"JT" <jt@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23LMsb1abEHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> im trying to use the MsgBox function in the following to display an ASP
> MsgBox containing text retrieved from the db into a recordset
>
> <%
> set rsMessages= myRecordset
> msg_text = rsMessages.Fields("msg_text")
> msgbox(msg_text)
> %>
>
> this generates a permission denied error b/c msgbox needs to run client
> side
> so i tried the same code but used
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">
> </SCRIPT>
>
> in place of the <% %> tags
>
> but now i just get an empty message box
>
> i must be misunderstanding something with the way the msgbox function
> works
> in terms of client side vs server side.
>
> any help would be much appreciated
>
> jt
>
>
>
>

Rob
Mon Jul 19 13:41:08 CDT 2004

"JT" <jt@nospam.com> wrote in
news:#LMsb1abEHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:

> im trying to use the MsgBox function in the following to display an
> ASP MsgBox containing text retrieved from the db into a recordset
>
> <%
> set rsMessages= myRecordset
> msg_text = rsMessages.Fields("msg_text")
> msgbox(msg_text)
> %>
>
> this generates a permission denied error b/c msgbox needs to run
> client side so i tried the same code but used
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">
> </SCRIPT>
>
> in place of the <% %> tags
>
> but now i just get an empty message box
>
> i must be misunderstanding something with the way the msgbox function
> works in terms of client side vs server side.
>
> any help would be much appreciated
>
> jt
>
>
>
>
>

maybe i mis-understand you, but if you are trying to generate a msgbox
with SERVER side code (on the server), then you';ll be at it forever....
it cant be done with JUST asp.

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