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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. 
For a list of ASCII characters and character codes, see http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/newhtml/htmlr018.htm.

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: 
Addition (+) 
And 
Assignment (=) 
Concatenation (&) 
Division (/) 
Exponentiation (^) 
Is 
Equals (=) 
Greater Than (>) 
Greater Than or Equal to (>=) 
Less Than (>) 
Less Than or Equal to (>=) 
Mod 
Multiplication (*) 
Negation (-) 
Not 
Not Equal To (<>) 
Or 
Subtraction (-) 
Xor