Help. ASP Newbie completely perplexed.

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Help. ASP Newbie completely perplexed.

liquidstar

9:12 pm on Mar 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

I cannot for the life of me figure out what is wrong. Just a quick overview. I'm very new to ASP. I'm using a hosted account on Windows 2000 server with IIS 5. Here is my quandry. Any time I'm trying If... Then Statements I'm getting a 500 Internal Server Error. Here is some (what I thought) simple code:

<% Option Explicit %>
<html>
<%
Dim Dice1, Dice 2, Total

Randomize
Dice1 = Int(Rnd *6) + 1
Dice2 = Int(Rnd *6) + 1

Total = Dice1 + Dice2
%>
<% If Dice1 = 1 And Dice2 = 1 Then %>
Snake Eyes
<% ElseIf Dice1 6 And Dice2 = 6 Then %>
Box Cars
<% ElseIf Total = 7 Then %>
Lucky Number 7!
<% ElseIf Total = 11 Then %>
11, Nice Craps roll.
<% Else %>
Dice 1: <% = Dice1 %>
Dice 2: <% = Dice2 %>
Total: <%Total %>
<% End If %>
</html>

Is it me, or is it the machine that's scewing up? Please help, as I'm really starting to feel like an idiot.

bmcgee

9:59 pm on Mar 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

Look at the first ElseIf statement...you are missing an "=" in the comparison.

Crazy_Fool

10:01 pm on Mar 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

hi liquidstar and welcome to WmW

first step will be to turn off the "friendly" error messages (the http 500 errors) in your browser.
look in tools -> internet options -> advanced for "show friendly http error messages". once turned off you should see proper ASP error messages which should give you a clue.

bmcgee

10:02 pm on Mar 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

By the way, here's a tip for debugging your ASP code. If you are using IE, you may get generic errors. Do this to ensure you get a more descript error spit back from the browser...it will likely give you a line number and a more accurate description of the error:

Go to Tools ¦ Internet Options
Click Advanced tab
Find the "Show friendly HTTP error messages" setting.

Now, I don't remember if you turn it on or off...but you'll figure that out by trial and error. I think you turn it ON (but I checked mine and it is off..hmmmm).

liquidstar

10:12 pm on Mar 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

thank you guys so much!

brotherhood of LAN

11:29 pm on Mar 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

RE crazy fool

Thanks for that tip, its gonna be useful with my trial and error approach :)