Active Server Pages: Active Server Pages Server-Side Scripting

Functions and Procedures

abs (n: number)

Function. Returns the absolute value of n.

chr (asciicharcode: number)

Function. Returns a string containing the ASCII character specified by asciicharcode.

Check the lists of ASCII characters and special character codes.
 

date

Function. Returns the current system date as a string.

day (thedate: string)

Function. Extracts the day of the month from thedate and returns it as a number.

hour (thetime: string)

Function. Extracts the hour value from thetime and returns it as a number.

left (thestring: string, n: number)

Function. Returns a string containing the first n characters of thestring.

len (thestring: string)

Function. Returns  the number of characters in thestring.

minute (thetime: string)

Function. Extracts the minutes value from thetime and returns it as a number.

month (thedate: string)

Function. Extracts the month value from thedate and returns it as a number.

monthname (themonth: number)

Function. Returns a string containing the name of the month whose number is specified by themonth.

now

Function. Returns the current system date and time.

Request.Form (fieldname: string)

Function. Returns the contents of the field whose name is fieldname.

ServerVariables

Request.ServerVariables ("HTTP_User-Agent")

Function. Returns the client browser type as a string.

Request.ServerVariables ("REMOTE_ADDR")

Function. Returns the client's IP (Internet protocol) address as a string.

Request.ServerVariables ("REMOTE_HOST")

Function. Returns the client's domain name as a string.

Request.ServerVariables ("SERVER_NAME")

Function. Returns the domain name of the server as a string. If the server has no domain name, returns the server's IP address as a string.

Additional ServerVariables

Response.redirect (anotherURL: string)

Procedure. Redirects the current request to one specified by anotherURL.

right (thestring: string, n: number)

Function. Returns a string containing the last n characters of thestring.

second (thetime: string)

Function. Extracts the seconds value from thetime and returns it as a number.

Server.URLEncode (thestring: string)

Function. Converts thestring from a string to a URL by "escaping" certain characters. For example, each space character is replaced with %20. Returns the URL.

time

Function. Returns the current system time as a string.

timevalue (thetime: string)

Function. Extracts the time value from thetime and returns it as a string.
 

weekday (thedate: string)

Function. Extracts the weekday value from thedate and returns it as a number.

weekdayname (weekday: number)

Function. Returns a string containing the name of the weekday whose number is specified by weekday.

year (thedate: string)

Function. Extracts the year value from thedate and returns it as a number.

Operators

The following operators are supported in ASP server-side scripts:

 

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