Question

I have a SELECT CASE statement that I am trying to get working. Essentially i want to query for specific group numbers in our DBase and show the respective information with an include file. I am getting an error, but am unable to diagnose what is actually causing the error…

Is my statement not structured correctly?

<% 
            select case session("memGroup")
            case "123456789","987654321"
            'Show forms for Company ABC
        %>

            <!--#include virtual="/members/_includes/formsABC.asp"-->

        <%             
            case "333333333","22222222","111111111" 
            'Show forms for Company DEF
        %>

            <!--#include virtual="/members/_includes/formsDEF.asp"-->

        <%
          end select
        %>
<!--then show forms for everyone else-->

<!--#include virtual="/members/_includes/formsEveryoneElse.asp"-->

Answer 1

ASP will process all the includes first, so this is not the best way of doing this as includes are expensive, I would do something like this instead:

<% 
    Select Case Session.Contents("memGroup")
        Case "123456789", "987654321":
            'Show forms for Company ABC
            Server.Execute("/members/_includes/formsABC.asp")
        Case "333333333", "22222222", "111111111":
            'Show forms for Company DEF
            Server.Execute("/members/_includes/formsDEF.asp")
        Case Else:
            Server.Execute("/members/_includes/formsEveryoneElse.asp")
    End Select
%>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms525849(v=vs.90).aspx
https://web.archive.org/web/20211020134119/https://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/022504-1.shtml

As a side note if the web server is running IIS 7 or greater you will need to change web.config to see ASP error messages:

<configuration>
   <system.webServer>
      <asp scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true"/>
      <httpErrors errorMode="Detailed"/> 
   </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Also you will need to turn off “Show Friendly HTTP Error Messages” in Internet Explorer or use another browser to view the error.

http://classicasp.aspfaq.com/general/why-do-i-get-a-500-internal-server-error-for-all-asp-errors.html