Re: Simple question

You need to use the following:

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Sent by Richard on 03/20/2004 05:49:13 PM:

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR QUICK RESPONSE

Thing are working ok but with this exception let me go into more detail

function getme(getit) {

alert(getit)

}

</form>

this works ok reading data from my database but if their is a break in the text like "this is a test" it comes up with a Java error on the bottom of my browser screen javascript:getme("this but if the data has only a single string like "test" it says Javascript.getme("test") and it works ok

What the heck am I missing I know it is something simple thanks again

Sent by FoxWeb Support on 03/20/2004 11:27:11 AM:

Oops, sorry for the misinformation. You actually need to enclose the string in quotes, like so:

alert('<%=data%>')

Another problem is that the value returned by data may also contain quotes, which would confuse the browser. To get around this problem you must escape special characters, using the Server.JSEscape method:

alert('<%=Server.JSEscape(data)%>')

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Sent by Richard on 03/19/2004 11:12:10 PM:

Thanks for your quick response that worked but I found a little problem if I am passing a value like "this is a test" I get a error it appears to be because of spaces in the text if it is continuious text it's ok I tried using alltrim but this made no difference. Thanks for your help

Sent by FoxWeb Support on 03/19/2004 10:10:39 PM:

If you want to evaluate the expression data and display it in a JavaScript alert box, then you need to use the following syntax:

alert(<%=data%>)

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Sent by Richard on 03/19/2004 03:05:11 PM:

I am having trouble passing a database values to a function so I am using the alert as a example of the code what is the problem with alert(<%data%>) I get a error saying unrecognized command verb. The database is open what am I forgetting? Thanks