hi im trying to convert my site from javascript to vbscript and i have a problem with a conditional region.

this javascript in old site works

<% if (Recordset1.Fields.Item("fldGroup".Value == (Session("MM_UserAuthorization")) { %>
<img name="adminbut" border="0" src="graphics/admin.gif" width="108" height="28">
<% } // if (Recordset1.Fields.Item("fldGroup".Value == (Session("MM_UserAuthorization")) %>

and this in vbscript doesnt . . any ideas

<% If rsetAllmembers.Fields.Item("fldGroup".Value = (Session("MM_UserAuthorization") Then %>
<img name="adminbut" border="0" src="graphics/admin.gif" width="108" height="28">
<% End If ' end If rsetAllmembers.Fields.Item("fldGroup".Value = (Session("MM_UserAuthorization") %>

could the problem above be to do with case sensitivity in the "username" form field in the log-in behaviour??

I have just tried a show region if session("MM_Username" exists and get an error if the fldusername in the table is David and i log in as david, so i was wondering if Session("MM_UserAuthorization" is not being set because of the David/david thing,but then again if case sensitivity is an issue why is it letting me log on in either yet not finding the value for MM_UserAuthorization??

Don't place the comment on the same line as the END IF

Try :

<%
If (rsetAllmembers.Fields.Item("fldGroup".Value = Session("MM_UserAuthorization") Then
%>
<img name="adminbut" border="0" src="graphics/admin.gif" width="108" height="28">
<%
End If
' end If rsetAllmembers.Fields.Item("fldGroup".Value = (Session("MM_UserAuthorization")
%>


Aegis Kleais
New Media Web Developer
(DWMX : IIS5.1 : SQL2K : WXP : ASP[VB/JS])

thanks aegiskleais but still doesn't work, the button still doesn't show up.

this is just me rambling .. but

the code is checking if ("fldGroup".Value is equal to session("MM_UserAuthorization" .. yes? but the recordset contains details of all members so how does it know which members record it is checking against?
could this be the problem? or on a different vein could it be because ("fldGroup" is a numerical field?
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anyway for now i'm going with this
If Session(MM_UserAuthorization"="Admin" Then . . . . .

Well, I'm not even sure what the cross check is supposed to do (no info on that was given)

However if you want, you can force a convert string (this depending too on DB Data Type) like the following:

IF CStr(Recordset1.Fields.Item("fldGroup".Value) = CStr(Session("MM_UserAuthorization") THEN

That way, if any are numerical, it'll take the string equivalent of it when doing the comparison. I assume here that fldGroup is the group they belong to ("Member", "Admin", etc), and each page uses the above code to determine their access level? You may also want to test if they have Sessions disabled on their end by explicitly setting a Session Variable and then reading it the next line after.

For the time being, remove the comment entirely. When you get the script to work, place it back in and see if it breaks it again.

Otherwise, give us some info on what it is you're doing and what the data is.

Aegis Kleais
New Media Web Developer
(DWMX : IIS5.1 : SQL2K : WXP : ASP[VB/JS])

ooops silly me

the check is to see if the user who has logged in has a fldGroup value of 1, (which is Admin) and if he does then display a button linking to the admin pages.
If he doesn't then the button is not displayed.
I have the login behaviour set to Username, Password & Access Level.

This may be me, but wouldn't it just have been easier to use "Admin" "Moderator" and what not rather than a series of numbers for the fldGroup?

Aegis Kleais
New Media Web Developer
(DWMX : IIS5.1 : SQL2K : WXP : ASP[VB/JS])

I could have used anything really, it was just that the numbers sprang to mind, but it really shouldnt make any difference to how it works should it?

well what do you know, changed them to "Admin" etc and it works fine, weird.
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thanks aegiskleais