Question

First time poster and fairly new to ASP programming.

I am trying to add a functionality that checks if a field is empty, if so return a set value.
Here is what i have got so far:

'rsGlobalWeb is basicly declared the same as rsBackup just in a different asp file with also the db connection.
<%  If rsGlobalWeb("Serial") <> "" Then
        response.write("<td>" & rsGlobalWeb("Serial") & "</td>")
    Else
        SqlBackup = "SELECT * FROM CMDBbackup WHERE Naam_Cattools = '" &     rsGlobalWeb("Device_name") & "'" 
        Set rsBackup = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
        rsBackup.Open SqlBackup, dbGlobalWeb, 3
        If Not rsBackup.EOF Then
            If Not IsNull(rsBackup("Serial")) And (rsBackup("Serial") <> "")     Then     
                response.write("<td>" & rsBackup("Serial") & " (backup)</td>")
            Else
                response.write("<td>No historical data found</td>")
            End if
        End if
    End if
%>

Now for the problem: when there is a value in the backup database it shows that value combined with the “(backup)” behind it. So that is working fine. The problem is that when there is no value found, it does not return anything.

I have tried do to some google searches but perhaps i am overlooking something here.
Any thoughts what it could be?

Thanks in advance,

Erik

Answer 1

Your Response.Write statements are enclosed in an If Not rsBackup.EOF Then statement.

Nothing will be written if there are no records in rsBackup.