PRB: ASP/ADO Coding Error Produces ASP 0115 Error

ID: Q203573

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual InterDev, versions 1.0, 6.0
ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), version 2.0
Active Server Pages

SYMPTOMS

When viewing an Active Server Pages (ASP) page that uses ADO to access a database you may receive the following error:

error 'ASP 0115'
Unexpected error
/webapp/pagename.asp
A trappable error occurred in an external object. The script cannot continue running.

CAUSE

When authoring ASP pages, it is a common practice to substitute an equal sign for Response.Write. For example, instead of typing the following


<% Response.Write RS.fields(1) %>

You can use the following abbreviation


<% =RS.fields(1) %>

This is much like using a question mark instead of the word "Print" in Visual Basic. Leaving out the equal sign as in the following example will produce the above error message:


<% RS.fields(1) %>

RESOLUTION

Inserting the equal sign or using the full Response.Write syntax will resolve this error.

STATUS

This is by design.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kberrmsg kbADO kbASP kbGrpASP 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0,6.0; winnt:
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 29, 1999