BUG: Error '800a03ec' May Occur When Using Grid DTC

ID: Q191974

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When using a Grid Design-time control (DTC) on an Active Server Pages (ASP) page, the following error may occur when the page is browsed:

Microsoft JScript compilation error '800a03ec'
Expected ';'
/../_ScriptLibrary/DataGrid.ASP, line 197
If the Grid DTC is implemented using DHTML, the following error occurs in the browser:
A Runtime Error has occurred:
Line: 197
Error: Expected ';'


CAUSE

This error will occur if a single opening quotation mark is present as part of a column's header in the Grid DTC.


RESOLUTION

Precede the single quotation mark in the grid column's header with two escape characters "\\". For example, if a column's header is "Owner's E-mail," change the header to "Owner\\'s E-mail."


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open a new Web project in Visual InterDev 6.0.


  2. Create a database connection in the project.


  3. Add a Recordset DTC to the ASP.


  4. Bind the recordset to a table in the data connection.


  5. Add a Grid DTC to the ASP.


  6. Bind the Grid DTC to the recordset and select some fields.


  7. In the Properties of the Grid DTC (right-click the Grid DTC and select Properties), select the Data tab.


  8. Select a column in the Grid columns box.


  9. In the Header text box near the bottom of the Properties window, enter text with a single quote, such as Owner's Email.


  10. Click OK to close the Grid DTC Properties window.


  11. Save the ASP page.


  12. Right-click the ASP page and select View In Browser.


Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbCtrl kbVisID600bug kbGrpASP 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 24, 1999