Brinkster & ASP file output

[hellbringer87]

for all the people who use brinkster's General service you may know that editing and creating files from the ASP script... for example:

<%
dim fs,f
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 
Set f=fs.OpenTextFile(Server.MapPath("text.txt"), 8)
f.WriteLine("Hello World!")
f.close
set f=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>

would not work giving you an error like not able to write or something like that... would there be a way around this so you could make a counter or a login/sign-up script?

[droby10]

wow...i'm surprised you can even do this:

set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

(possible hint)

[jezter6]

Yeah, I couldn't imagine brinkster giving anyone FSO access. That's just downright dangerous.

If it ALLOWS you to create an FSO object, but not do the read/write thing, then you need to find out what directories will allow it.

First, try your /cgi-bin/ folder. If your host is FrontPage enabled, you can use /_vti_log/ folder as well.

[Mankan]

Originally posted here by droby10
wow...i'm surprised you can even do this:

set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot

(possible hint)

Uhm... Since when is it possible to prevent ASP to bind to a component?

hellbringer87: Why can't you just use an access mdb-file and log to that or something. Logging to files with asp is slow and buggy anyway.

Cheers,

[hellbringer87]

Originally posted here by jezter6
First, try your /cgi-bin/ folder. If your host is FrontPage enabled, you can use /_vti_log/ folder as well.

brinkster doesn't have a /cgi-bin/ folder... or a /_vti_log/ folder... although it does have a folder or access databases... maybe that would work...

Originally posted here by Mankan

hellbringer87: Why can't you just use an access mdb-file and log to that or something. Logging to files with asp is slow and buggy anyway.

i'm using ASP because i'm trying to learn it... I was playing around with it and decided to try and make a login gate... and i'm also not very good at using mdb files... but maybe i'll learn that as well

thanks everyone

okay i got it working the /db/ folder allows write access... now to figure how to make a access database without ms access...

[jezter6]

If you have a DB folder that allows read/write, you should be able to do the text file there as well.


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www.4guysfromrolla.com
www.aspmessageboard.com
www.asp101.com
www.learnasp.com


I visit those on a daily basis.

[jezter6]

Making access db's without access is possible. I know there's a VB utility out there that will make one for you...it came on one of the CD's I got with one of my books.

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...34762&lngWId=1
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=552

2 links for VB source on how to do it...of course this is assuming you have VB.


Good luck.