What is wrong with this ASP ???

[theMachien]

<%
    a = Request.Form("size")
    b = Request.Form("lights")
    c = Request.Form("logo")
    d = Request.form("zone")
    z = (a + b + c + d)
    Response.Write z
    %>

Z will only out put the values of a,b,c,d it will not add them together?

You can try it here...http://bigfootdesigns.com/web-dev/heliwagon/test.asp

thanks

B

[ZumaxamuZ]

myb it cause by your a,b,c,d data type. That why it didnt add the value.

[theMachien]

What kind of answer is that? That does not help!

[bregent]

>myb it cause by your a,b,c,d data type. That why it didnt add the value.

VBScript has only one datatype - Variant. Form field values need to be converted to numeric before you can add them.

[theMachien]

I can't get it to work. Can you please provide a working example of the code that I am trying to write. I am not a programmer! CInt willnot work I get an overflow error so I tried Int and I still get the following..

Dolly	500
Lights	100
Logo	100
Zone	600

Total:                                                                                             500100100600

a combination of the actual numbers not the sum of the number.

<%
    Dim a, b, c, d, z
    a = Request.Form ("size")
    b = Request.Form ("lights")
    c = Request.Form ("logo")
    d = Request.Form ("zone")
    z = (a + b + c + d)
    Response.Write (Int(z))

thanks

B

[bregent]

You need to convert the values before you add them, not after:

a = cint (Request.Form ("size"))

etc....

[theMachien]

Ok thanks that makes sense now and I have it working.

<%
    a = cint (Request.Form ("size"))
    b = cint (Request.Form ("lights"))
    c = cint (Request.Form ("logo"))
    d = cint (Request.Form ("zone"))
    z = (a + b + c + d)
    Response.Write z
    %>

thanks

B

[ZumaxamuZ]

>VBScript has only one datatype - Variant. Form field values need to be converted to numeric before you can add them.

owh. okay thanks. im newbie in programming. thanks for the info.

>>>themachien : sorry that i cant help. im still new in programming

[theMachien]

I can get the code to work if I replace the Request.Form with a number. It will total it correctly like this

<%
    a = 4
    b = 4
    c = 4
    d = 4
    z = (a + b + c + d)
    Response.Write z
    %>

it will give me 16

but why will it only display the Request.Form values and not total them???

B

[bregent]

VBScript has only one datatype - Variant. Form fields are handled as text fields. In VBscript, the '+' operator serves as arithemetic additional as well as string concatenation. So if you want to use arithmatic operators on form fields, you must first convert them to numeric values. Use the cint() function.