Q195243: ASP May Misinterpret Extra or Missing Delimiters as HTML

Article: Q195243
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): WINNT:3.0,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-MAY-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 3.0, 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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ASP may misinterpret extra or missing delimiters as HTML. ASP does not interpret
HTML.

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You should check for extra or missing delimiters if you receive unusual output.
A missing delimiter may be misinterpreted as HTML. For example, the following
script would be interpreted as HTML:

     <TABLE WIDTH=100%>

Note that the familiar ASP delimiter is contained within this statement
('%>').

An extra delimiter may also be misinterpreted by ASP. For example:

     <%SCRIPT LANGUAGE = "VBScript"%> %>

ASP interprets the above line as "SCRIPT LANGUAGE = "VBSCRIPT"%>" because that
is what is between the delimiters.

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis400 kbiis300
Version           : WINNT:3.0,4.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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