Building a string error!!!!

[Albuckj2]

I can't understand an error I am getting while I am building a URL string. The full string code is at the bottom, but the following error occurs:

Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A000D)
Type mismatch: '[string: "&display"]'
/stocks/results2.asp, line 341

Line 341 is the following:
newURL = newURL & "&display" + cnt + "=" + sells(cnt)

Anyone know what this means?????


dim newURL, upper

newURL = "results_main.asp?"
upper = UBound(names1)
for g=0 to upper
newURL = newURL & "" + names1(g) + "=" + namesx(g) + "&" + mins(g) + "=" + minsx(g) + "&" + maxs(g) + "=" + maxsx(g)
next
newURL = newURL & "&sortby=" + Server.URLEncode(order) + "&upordown=" + Server.URLEncode(dir)
newURL = newURL & "&screenName=" + Server.URLEncode(screenName) + "&display_var=" + Server.URLEncode(display)
newURL = newURL & "&display_varcount=" + Server.URLEncode(displaycount)
for cnt=1 to displaycount
newURL = newURL & "&display" + cnt + "=" + sells(cnt)
next
newURL = newURL & "&pages=" + Server.URLEncode(Recordset1.PageSize)
newURL = newURL & "&marker=" + Server.URLEncode(marker) + "&page=" + iPageCurrent

 

[JamesLean]

Try converting the cnt variable to string:

newURL = newURL & "&display" + CStr(cnt) + "=" + sells(cnt)

--James

 

[tschonken]

I am totaly going to take a stab in the dark at this one. I have seen that asp sometimes get confused as to whatit has to do, so maybe it is trying to add values mathematically
(asp's errormessages are not always that accurate)

try replacing the + with &

Before:
newURL = newURL & "&display" + cnt + "=" + sells(cnt)


After:
newURL = newURL & "&display" & cnt & "=" & sells(cnt)

Let me know if this works
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[JamesLean]

Doh, I really haven't woken up yet this morning...

tschonken is quite right - use the ampersand to concatenate strings. --James

 

[Albuckj2]

Hi Guys,
Replacing the '+'s with '&'s did not work, but what JamesLean suggested did.
Cheers, Alex.