.asp question if "contains"

OK. This Works! I just for got to put the "then" part of the statment.

<% if inStr("john123", "john") > 0 %> I am john <% end if %>
to
<% if inStr("john123", "john") > 0 then %> I am john <% end if %>

COOL. I am reading the docs now!

Found it. Go to Microsoft and look for "Windows Script 5.6 Documentation" The file is called scipt56.chm.

Now that I'm looking at it, the StrComp (string comparison) function works similarly, but it returns a -1, 0 of 1. It's either in the string or not.

BTW: Try to find the Windows Script Technology help file at Microsoft. I forget where or how I got it. It might have come with Access. It's invaluable for finding this type of stuff. ASP is partly VBScript, and the help file has a lot of info for that part of ASP.

Again, I don't remember where I got it, but the title bar for the help file says Window Script Technology.

I've used the inStr function. If in string1 it finds string2, it returns the position in string1 where string2 was found. If it returns anything greater than 0, it found it.

<% if inStr("john123", "john") > 0 %> I am john <% end if %>