ASP Data types 1

[fischadler]

How do I specify the data type for a variable?
In Visual Basic I do something like this:

Dim intQTY as Integer

But this does not seem to work in ASP. This is causing me problems because sometimes I try to make a numeric addition but end up having a string addition instead.

Thanks!

 

[mwolf00]

ASP is a "loosely typed" language - you cannot declare variables to be of one data type or another - they are all "variant".

a = 1
b = "2"

a + b = "12"

cInt(a) + cInt(b) = 3

cInt(a+b) = 12


You need to be mindful of the data thta is loaded into the variable. Use cInt(), cLng(), cSng(), cDbl() to make sure it is seen as numeric...

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