ASP Best Practices
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<%@ LANGUAGE=VBScript %> <% Option Explicit %> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Variable Sample</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="White" topmargin="10" leftmargin="10"> <!-- Display Header --> <FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Arial, Helvetica"> <B>Variable Sample</B></FONT> <BR> <HR> <H3>Integer Manipulation</H3> <% 'Declare variable. Dim intVariable 'Assign the variable an integer value. intVariable = 5 %> . . .
For VBScript, use Option Explicit to force explicit variable declaration. This prevents misspelled variables from causing unexpected results when the script executes.
To declare a transactional page, add the <%@ TRANSACTION=value %> directive to the first line on the page.