Classic asp include

12.3k Views Asked by Damien At 29 April 2025 at 11:18

I am trying to separate some asp logic out into a separate page. For now, I am trying to call a simple function.

Here is the simple index page that I am using

<html>
<head>
<title>Calling a webservice from classic ASP</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
If Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD") = "POST" Then
 %>
  <!--#include file="aspFunctions.asp"-->
  <%
  doStuff()
End If
%>
<FORM method=POST name="form1" ID="Form1">
ID:
<INPUT type="text" name="corpId" ID="id" value="050893">
<BR><BR>
<INPUT type="submit" value="GO" name="submit1" ID="Submit1" >
</form>
</body>
</html>

Here is aspfunctions.asp

sub doStuff()
    Response.Write("In Do Stuff")
end sub

When i hit the submit button on my form i get the below sub doStuff() Response.Write("In Do Stuff") end sub

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'

Does anyone have any idea what i could be doing wrong?

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thanks Damien Type mismatch: 'doStuff'

/uat/damien/index.asp, line 15

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ConroyP On 23 September 2008 at 12:24 BEST ANSWER

aspfunctions.asp should be inside tags so the asp is "executed", e.g.

aspfunctions.asp file:

<%
sub doStuff()
    Response.Write("In Do Stuff")
end sub
%>

Otherwise the asp in aspfunctions.asp is just seen as plain-text, so as far as the server is concerned, doStuff has never been defined.

polin On 27 August 2012 at 09:10

Make changes in two places:

In aspfunctions.asp write "sub doStuff" instead of sub doStuff()
Call the function as doStuff not doStuff()

Matthias Meid On 23 September 2008 at 12:21

If I remember correctly, you need no brackets for calls without a return value (untested solution):

doStuff

Gautam Jain On 23 September 2008 at 12:22

You must have the asp functions inside the <% %> tag.

AdamH On 23 September 2008 at 13:04

You're including the other file within an if statement. This does not mean that it's dynamically included, it's not. It will always be included.

To see this in action try this sample:

<%
If 1=0 Then
'We never get here
%>
    <!--#include file="aspFunctions.asp"-->
<%
    dostuff()
End If
dostuff()
%>

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