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), versions 2.0, 2.1 SP2
Active Server Pages
Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 4.0, 5.0

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 kbDatabase kbGrpASP kbGrpMDAC kbDSupport kbRDS210SP2 kbiis400 kbiis500
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0,2.1 SP2,6.0; winnt:
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb