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helensnow Posts: 228 Joined: 12/18/2003 Status: offline	Load page into a variable - 9/30/2006 12:35:45 hi could not find answer in archieves.. I want to load a webpage with the usual www.xyz.com?record=2 and get the resultant webpage into a variable This was the elected solution by someone, but I have idea how to do this, the idea is to then do extensive processing etc on this database record, it is an old legacy system. I guess it is like a file upload but on the server side, so it is not really an upload, sort of a file cross load Any ideas? I am stumped < Message edited by helensnow -- 9/30/2006 12:48:41 > _____________________________ Love is all, and all that we are is love


rdouglass Posts: 9280 From: Biddeford, ME USA Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 9/30/2006 22:33:18 quote: and get the resultant webpage into a variable You want the whole page as a string in a variable? Something like this? <%DIM myString myString = "" myString = myString & "<html>" & VbCrLf myString = myString & "<head><title>My Page</title></head>" & VbcrLf .... .... myString = myString & "</html>"%> Is that what you mean? _____________________________ Don't take you're eye off your final destination. ASP Checkbox Function Tutorial. (in reply to helensnow)


helensnow Posts: 228 Joined: 12/18/2003 Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 8:59:51 Hi let me clarify it a bit more, sorry for the confusion Normally I would do this http://www.example.com/pages.asp?retrieve=filecode and it will display a HTML page on screen QUESTION? How do i redirect the output so it does not display on screen, but redirects the output to MyString I can then do a replace string on various bits of MyString and then save this modified string as a standard html file And it is in old fashioned ASP _____________________________ Love is all, and all that we are is love (in reply to rdouglass)


Spooky Posts: 26617 Joined: 11/11/1998 From: Middle Earth Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 14:34:44 What does "retrieve=filecode" actually do on that first page? Does it load values from a database or what does "retrieve" get used for? _____________________________ If you arent part of the solution, then there is good money to be made prolonging the problem ��k� Database / DRW help Check out the Tutorials for Frontpage Databases Forum FAQ' s Developers Edition Spooky Login User Registration and Management tool Personalized Frontpage Hosting (in reply to helensnow)


helensnow Posts: 228 Joined: 12/18/2003 Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 14:45:40 Hi That was a poor example Assume that I am querying a database from ASP like this http://www.example.com/page.asp?id=10 This query then returns a standard webpage I want to redirect that output which will normally display a webpage, into a ASP variable insted. _____________________________ Love is all, and all that we are is love (in reply to Spooky)

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RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 14:56:41

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"This query then returns a standard webpage "

The "id" (whatever its called) will normally be used to dynamically change the output of the page

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"This query then returns a standard webpage "

Does the original page (eg browse to "page.asp" ) return a normal asp page ? or does it need the "id"? What does the "id" do?

What Im getting at, is you can do it like Roger suggested, however if the data is being pulled from a database, I cant yet see what you are trying to achieve?

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helensnow Posts: 228 Joined: 12/18/2003 Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 15:04:11 Ok, I understand, the data is dynamic and the id refers to old and also new and changing content, so it has to be specified the database has a large volume of webpages which were created for a journal, these now need to be retrieved from the database, updated (replace string stuff) and then written to a directory as a large collection of HTML pages with the new and updated information in them. So I want to do this automatically as there are 850 odd pages _____________________________ Love is all, and all that we are is love (in reply to Spooky)


helensnow Posts: 228 Joined: 12/18/2003 Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 16:25:09 When I said I understand, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO SOLVE IT! I just undersand the question that Sheep asked, any help would be deeply appreciated from anyone as Sheep is now offline :( _____________________________ Love is all, and all that we are is love (in reply to helensnow)


Spooky Posts: 26617 Joined: 11/11/1998 From: Middle Earth Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 16:42:52 To clarify (I think I understand) - you want to extract what is a currently database driven site and make it into a static html only site? WHY OH WHY!! Wouldnt it be best to leave it dynamic and just update the database content? _____________________________ If you arent part of the solution, then there is good money to be made prolonging the problem ��k� Database / DRW help Check out the Tutorials for Frontpage Databases Forum FAQ' s Developers Edition Spooky Login User Registration and Management tool Personalized Frontpage Hosting (in reply to helensnow)


helensnow Posts: 228 Joined: 12/18/2003 Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 16:47:42 hi, I know it sounds crazy, this is not my decision, and there are reasons for this at present that I cannot share right now, I've been asked not to say anything and I am bound by this 'NDA' _____________________________ Love is all, and all that we are is love (in reply to Spooky)


Spooky Posts: 26617 Joined: 11/11/1998 From: Middle Earth Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 16:56:13 Whatever happens - you have to manually modify the page content to update it? Is the content you would need to update : a) from the database b) the static content from "page.asp" c) both _____________________________ If you arent part of the solution, then there is good money to be made prolonging the problem ��k� Database / DRW help Check out the Tutorials for Frontpage Databases Forum FAQ' s Developers Edition Spooky Login User Registration and Management tool Personalized Frontpage Hosting (in reply to helensnow)


helensnow Posts: 228 Joined: 12/18/2003 Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 17:16:01 Hi The content is from a database accessed from an ASP page, so the answer is (C) I wanted to redirect the output into a ASP variable then I can do a Replace string function as all the structures are easy to find and replace, so that was there would be no manual involvement I appreciate your help Helen _____________________________ Love is all, and all that we are is love (in reply to Spooky)


Spooky Posts: 26617 Joined: 11/11/1998 From: Middle Earth Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 17:34:43 Someone may have some other ideas on how to extract that data . It can be done, but the code required to do it via asp could take longer to write than actually do it manually ;-) I would modify page.asp (the template) so that it has correct design to start with. This would be the major part of the work? When you say the information is easily changed using "find and replace", do you mean content that already exists in 'page.asp' or do you mean you need to find and replace from the database data? Perhaps someone else has some other ideas? but in the first instance, I wouldnt like to see it changed from dynamic Second choice would be some batch method and 3rd choice, do a "save as html" from the browser _____________________________ If you arent part of the solution, then there is good money to be made prolonging the problem ��k� Database / DRW help Check out the Tutorials for Frontpage Databases Forum FAQ' s Developers Edition Spooky Login User Registration and Management tool Personalized Frontpage Hosting (in reply to helensnow)


helensnow Posts: 228 Joined: 12/18/2003 Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 18:02:50 Thanks Spooky, SO I am being simplistic in thinking that there is some kind of >> to redirect the output to a file like in good old dos, then I could read that file and do a replace string and that would be it. The thing is that there is old data in there which is teh bulk of the work, I can take care of the new data with a proper template _____________________________ Love is all, and all that we are is love (in reply to Spooky)


rdouglass Posts: 9280 From: Biddeford, ME USA Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 20:58:27 Sorry, I stepped away for a minute.... quote: How do i redirect the output so it does not display on screen, but redirects the output to MyString Did you see my first post? That's exactly what I was doing; putting an HTML page into a variable. (or was all that NDA stuff clouding your vision. ) (sorry...) Anyways, I have been sucessful in retrieving any web page content using a WebClient class in ASP.NET. Have you any experience with that? _____________________________ Don't take you're eye off your final destination. ASP Checkbox Function Tutorial. (in reply to helensnow)


helensnow Posts: 228 Joined: 12/18/2003 Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 22:01:54 Hi, This project unfortunately has to be done with ASP only not .NET thy do not want to mix it. I looked at your codeing, but I cannot underatnd how you are retrieving the web page content into a variable... :( _____________________________ Love is all, and all that we are is love (in reply to rdouglass)

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RE: Load page into a variable - 10/1/2006 23:00:40

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you are retrieving the web page

Well, I *know* I'm lost. I thought you were generating the page on your own site. So you are grabbing another page from another host?

But you said this here:

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to redirect the output to a file

Maybe you could clarify? Are you making the page somewhere? Where does the page come from? Is it coming from a site you can put code on?

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Spooky Posts: 26617 Joined: 11/11/1998 From: Middle Earth Status: offline	RE: Load page into a variable - 10/2/2006 0:16:12 From what I understand, we already have a dynamic site created from a database eg : http://www.example.com/page.asp?id=10 There are up to 850 'pages' that could be dynamically created with the one template page. What she wants, is to create 850 static pages (automatically) _____________________________ If you arent part of the solution, then there is good money to be made prolonging the problem ��k� Database / DRW help Check out the Tutorials for Frontpage Databases Forum FAQ' s Developers Edition Spooky Login User Registration and Management tool Personalized Frontpage Hosting (in reply to rdouglass)