Why would you place asp.net code inside HTML?

[romh]

I have a question. Is there an advantage to placing c# code inside the html section of an aspx file instead of in the code section? I am talking about including some c# code with the
<% %>

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Ex:

<% if (x > 3)%>
<a href="xxx.aspx?action=action1"> Click Here To... </a>
<% }
%>

 

[ca8msm]

Placing code within code tags is generally not a good idea. It still works as that's how classic asp was developed and so it's still supported but not recommended.


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[romh]

That is what i thought. Thanks for the info. The funny thing is that the page i am looking at has lots of c# code in the code area, but also has these areas where conditional logic was inserted inside the html as shown above. Thanks anyway.

 

[jbenson001]

It looks like they wanted to add hyperlinks based on some value, instead of adding them dynamically to the page.

Jim

 

[romh]

But they should have added the hyperlinks dynamically. Right? In order to follow ASP.NET's manner of doing it.

 

[jbenson001]

Yes, that would be the proper way to do it. What they have done is to include classic ASP coding with .NET coding.

 

[joe5902]

It's funny (and sometimes disturbs me) how people can't get away with what they're used to. In my current project, we're supposed to transform a classic-ASP application to .NET framework. To my disappointment I still see most of classic codes disguising as .NET

 

[romh]

I agree. I programmed very briefly with ASP years ago. I don't like the way they mixed the two either.