How does UDzone and other sites do the following?

Example
www.udzone.com/categories.asp?TypeId=2
www.udzone.com/categories.asp?TypeId=3

"categories.asp" keeps the same layout.
"categories.asp" displays different Page Contents when the parameters are different


I know I cant do it using SSI since includeds are processed first
<!--#include file="<%=myvariable%>"-->



UDzone experts, would you please enlighten me? Thanks!
Arnold

Content is usually pulled from database. You can query such content using different variables. These variables can be QueryStrings (parameters from address). You can do something like: show record who's ID is equal to TypeId.

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How does UDzone and other sites do the following?

Example
www.udzone.com/categories.asp?TypeId=2
www.udzone.com/categories.asp?TypeId=3

"categories.asp" keeps the same layout.
"categories.asp" displays different Page Contents when the parameters are different


I know I cant do it using SSI since includeds are processed first
&lt;!--#include file="&lt;%=myvariable%&gt;"--&gt;



UDzone experts, would you please enlighten me? Thanks!
Arnold
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Viktor Farcic

TalkZone Manager

Actually, I was trying to get my articles.asp(complete with header & footer) page to display a different .htm(which is the article) in the centre when different parameters passed to it.

I tried using SSI(see below) but that would never work...

Anyway, I found an alternative to SSI to achieve my needs.
I could use the FileSystemObject and response.Write object!! Hurray!!

Thank you all for replying me though! Thank you! Thank you! <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>



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Content is usually pulled from database. You can query such content using different variables. These variables can be QueryStrings (parameters from address). You can do something like: show record who's ID is equal to TypeId.

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How does UDzone and other sites do the following?

Example
www.udzone.com/categories.asp?TypeId=2
www.udzone.com/categories.asp?TypeId=3

"categories.asp" keeps the same layout.
"categories.asp" displays different Page Contents when the parameters are different


I know I cant do it using SSI since includeds are processed first
&lt;!--#include file="&lt;%=myvariable%&gt;"--&gt;



UDzone experts, would you please enlighten me? Thanks!
Arnold
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Viktor Farcic

TalkZone Manager
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It can also be done via SSI. Content of SSI page can be placed inside of a function and included in the page. Later you'll need to call that function with some parameter. something like: FunctionDisplaySomething TypeID. In this case SSI is only included in the page and proccessed later when the function is called. I use something like this very often. Take a look at this address www.farcic.com/resources/resources.asp?mnuID=12
It's a good example of using different parameters inside of a SSI.

P.S. Site is still under construction so most of the things are still "out of order".

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Actually, I was trying to get my articles.asp(complete with header & footer) page to display a different .htm(which is the article) in the centre when different parameters passed to it.

I tried using SSI(see below) but that would never work...

Anyway, I found an alternative to SSI to achieve my needs.
I could use the FileSystemObject and response.Write object!! Hurray!!

Thank you all for replying me though! Thank you! Thank you! <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>



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Content is usually pulled from database. You can query such content using different variables. These variables can be QueryStrings (parameters from address). You can do something like: show record who's ID is equal to TypeId.

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How does UDzone and other sites do the following?

Example
www.udzone.com/categories.asp?TypeId=2
www.udzone.com/categories.asp?TypeId=3

"categories.asp" keeps the same layout.
"categories.asp" displays different Page Contents when the parameters are different


I know I cant do it using SSI since includeds are processed first
&lt;!--#include file="&lt;%=myvariable%&gt;"--&gt;



UDzone experts, would you please enlighten me? Thanks!
Arnold
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Viktor Farcic

TalkZone Manager
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Viktor Farcic

TalkZone Manager

Edited by - vfarcic on 06 May 2002 13:44:48

Another option, i use quit often... (ASP/VB)
If you wanna call the inc_option_1.asp, do it by calling:

default.asp?m=option_1
&lt;%
Dim subject
subject = request.querystring("m"
%&gt;

&lt;%
if ( subject &lt;&gt; "" then
Select Case subject
Case "option_1"
%&gt;
&lt;!--#include file="inc_option_1.asp" --&gt;
&lt;%
Case "option_2"
%&gt;
&lt;!--#include file="inc_option_2.asp" --&gt;
&lt;%
End Select
else
%&gt;
&lt;!--#include file="inc_no_option.asp" --&gt;
&lt;%
end if
%&gt;

Hope this helps..

Grrrr
Matthijs
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