Using a variable in a function call

Question

I have tried everything I can think of and to me, there's no reason for this not to work. However, ASP is not my native language and I need some insight. I have a variable that will be defined by a request from the URL. I want to then use that variable in a function call.

if pub_id <> "" then
    response.write(pub_id)
    response.write(pulldownQuery("newsletter_publication",pub_id,"live",newsletter_query))
  else
    response.write(pulldownQuery("newsletter_publication","","live",newsletter_query))
  end if

However, that does not work. What does work, though, is if I hard code an id into the value portion of the function call.

response.write(pulldownQuery("newsletter_publication",58,"live",newsletter_query))

When I print pub_id it returns 58 (or whatever the id happens to be). What am I missing here that is causing my variable to not work with this function call?

DoomageAplentty · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-11 19:01:24Z

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A solution I found was to explicitly define my pub_id variable as an integer, not a string.

pub_id = CInt(pub_id)

Once I defined it as such, everythig worked like a charm.

answered Jun 11, 2012 at 19:01

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Cheran Shunmugavel Over a year ago

I think if you post a portion of the pulldownQuery function (edit your question), it might help to explain why explicitly converting pub_id to integer fixes the issue. Then this question and answer can be more useful to future visitors.

sloth · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-12 12:35:47Z

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Have you tried to see whether your variable pub_id has a value already? You can take a look at this ASP Querystring exercise. http://www.w3schools.com/asp/coll_querystring.asp

edited Jun 12, 2012 at 12:35

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answered Jun 11, 2012 at 18:53

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