ASP... Nested select

whiteshadow

Ive got a simpleish ASP problem.

Let's pretend that i've got 10 destinations
New york, London... etc.

And Ive got 3 Irish airports,
Dublin Cork and Knock.
(I already store the irish airports in a session variable)

I want to create a page that prints out flight timetables
(a seperate file to be included)
based on the session and a query string. Also

So i had

<%
select case request.QueryString("Destination")

case "London"
case "NY"
etc...

end select
%>

Then within these select case's i'd have another select case
based on The session variable so i'd have something like

<%
select case request.QueryString("Destination")

case "London"

select case request.session("airport")
case "Cork"
%>
<!--#include virtual="/timetables/CORKLONDON.asp"-->
<%
case "Knock"
%>
<!--#include virtual="/timetables/KNOCKLONDON.asp"-->
<%
case else
%>
<!--#include virtual="/timetables/DUBLINLONDON.asp"-->
<%
end select

case "NY"

select case request.session("airport")
case "Cork"
case "Knock"
case else '''
end select
etc...

end select
%>


So im wondering if these nested select cases are allowed.
I don't think they are because I am getting an error saying
that the include file cannot be found.

<!--#include virtual="/timetables/CORKLONDON.asp"-->

even if im looking at the DUBLIN site,
i.e. with the dublin session loaded.


do you know what i mean?

Seth Brundle

does <!--#include file="/timetables/DUBLINLONDON.asp"--> with a realtive path from the current file?

whiteshadow

does <!--#include file="/timetables/DUBLINLONDON.asp"--> with a realtive path from the current file?

not sure i understand the question!?

it includes the file from the root directory
so from www.whatever.com/

JJSolutions

or use

server.execute "/timetables/CORK...."

Asuming you are not sharing any variables between this page and the timetable pages. - if its all sesion stuff that should work.


I presume the file exists... cant remember if the ASP engine preprocessor goes through the file and complain that an include doesnt exist even if its not in the execution path?

cgarvey

<!--#include file="relative_path_from_current_file"-->
e.g.
<!--#include file="includes/footer.inc"-->


or

<!--#include virtual="relative_URL_from_server_or_vhost_root"-->
e.g.

<!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/counter.pl"-->


The recommendation is to use virtual... Apache Ref

You must also ensure that all included files exist (whether or not flow can get as far as the include directive)

HTH

.cg

The Corinthian

Originally posted by whiteshadow
I don't think they are because I am getting an error saying
that the include file cannot be found.

<!--#include virtual="/timetables/CORKLONDON.asp"-->

even if im looking at the DUBLIN site,
i.e. with the dublin session loaded.

The important thing to remember with Server-Side Include's (SSI's) is that they are 'loaded' into the host or calling script and effectively becomes part of it before any code execution. As such, even if you don't actually use that SSI in your execution, if the filepath given is wrong then your script will bork before it even starts executing.

By the look of things, CORKLONDON.asp is not where it's supposed to be.

whiteshadow

Ah-ha...

I had created none of the includes files as yet,
was hoping to test one combination first,

didn't realise that all the include files must exist first
(whether or not flow can get as far as the include directive)

thanks folks,

all sorted now.