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    copied!<p>I am trying to work out how to make the page work without querystrings in the url, the default page per say.</p> <p>Example:</p> <p>dbinstant.htm?legal=&amp;cat=all == WORKS dbinstant.htm == ERROR as below</p> <pre><code>Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14' [Microsoft][ODBC Text Driver] Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression '= 'Yes' AND ucase(legal) LIKE ucase('%%')'. /junk/dbinstant.htm, line 56 </code></pre> <p>PAGE CODE BELOW: </p> <pre><code>&lt;%@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %&gt; &lt;% pagetitle="Contractor Details" %&gt; &lt;!--#INCLUDE VIRTUAL="/_lib/include/header.htm"--&gt; &lt;!--#INCLUDE VIRTUAL="/_lib/include/menu.htm"--&gt; &lt;script&gt; $(document).ready(function() { $("#cat").change(function () { this.form.submit(); }) $('#legal').focus() var typingTimer; var doneTypingInterval = 800; $('#legal').keyup(function(){ clearTimeout(typingTimer); if ($('#legal').val) { typingTimer = setTimeout(doneTyping, doneTypingInterval); } }); function doneTyping () { $("form").submit(); } }); &lt;/script&gt; &lt;div class="twoColumnRow"&gt; &lt;div class="twoColumnContent"&gt; &lt;p class="breadCrm"&gt;&lt;a href="/index.htm"&gt;Home&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="/tools/index.htm"&gt;Tools of the Trade&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="/tools/finance/index.htm"&gt;Finance and Purchasing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="/tools/finance/procurement/index.htm"&gt;Procurement and Contracts information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="contentPad"&gt; &lt;!-- Start of main content --&gt; &lt;p class="imageRight"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;%=pagetitle%&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;% Dim connectString, connect, conDB, sconDB, lDB, con, scon, lcon, src_abn, src_cat connectString = "Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)}; DBQ=" &amp; Server.MapPath("data") src_legal = Request.QueryString("legal") src_cat = Request.QueryString("cat") set connect = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.connection") connect.open connectString if src_cat = "all" then conDB = "SELECT * FROM cont.csv WHERE ucase(legal) LIKE ucase('%"+src_legal+"%')" lDB = "SELECT * FROM cont.csv WHERE ucase(legal) LIKE ucase('%"+src_legal+"%')" else conDB = " SELECT * FROM cont.csv WHERE " &amp; src_cat &amp; " = 'Yes' AND ucase(legal) LIKE ucase('%"+src_legal+"%')" lDB = " SELECT * FROM cont.csv WHERE " &amp; src_cat &amp; " = 'Yes' AND ucase(legal) LIKE ucase('%"+src_legal+"%')" end if sconDB = "SELECT * FROM cont.csv" set con = connect.execute(conDB) set scon = connect.execute(sconDB) set lcon = connect.execute(lDB) %&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Search results&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;% if not con.BOF then %&gt; &lt;div style="margin-top:1em"&gt; &lt;form id="searchf" action="dbinstant.htm" method="get"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Company name:1&lt;br/&gt; &lt;input id="legal" name="legal" type="text" value="&lt;%=src_legal%&gt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Categories for Creative Design:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;select id="cat" name="cat"&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="All categories" value="all" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "all" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Strategic brand, marketing and communications advice" value="a" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "a" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Graphic design and layout" value="b" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "b" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Forms design" value="c" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "c" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Web design and development" value="d" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "d" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Authoring services" value="e" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "e" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Editorial services" value="f" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "f" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Translation services" value="g" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "g" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Photography and film services" value="h" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "h" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Scanning and digitisation services" value="i" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "i" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Multimedia editing services" value="j" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "j" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;input type="submit" value="Search" /&gt; &lt;/form&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;table style="font-size:.9em;" class="contentTable"&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;ABN:&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Company Name:&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;% con.Movefirst() %&gt; &lt;% while (NOT con.EOF) %&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="120px"&gt;&lt;%=con("abn")%&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="dbcomp.htm?abn=&lt;%=con("abn")%&gt;&amp;cat=all"&gt;&lt;%=con("legal")%&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;% con.MoveNext() Wend %&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;% else %&gt; &lt;% scon.Movefirst() %&gt; &lt;form action="dbinstant.htm" method="get"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Company name:2&lt;br/&gt; &lt;input id="legal" name="legal" type="text"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Categories for Creative Design:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;select id="cat" name="cat"&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="All categories" value="all" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "all" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Strategic brand, marketing and communications advice" value="a" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "a" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Graphic design and layout" value="b" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "b" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Forms design" value="c" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "c" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Web design and development" value="d" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "d" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Authoring services" value="e" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "e" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Editorial services" value="f" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "f" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Translation services" value="g" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "g" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Photography and film services" value="h" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "h" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Scanning and digitisation services" value="i" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "i" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option class="group" label="Multimedia editing services" value="j" &lt;%if request.querystring("cat") = "j" then response.write("selected") %&gt;&gt;&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;input type="submit" value="Search" /&gt; &lt;/form&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt; &lt;p&gt;No records match your query.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="dbtest.htm"&gt;Return to search page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;% end if con.close %&gt; &lt;!-- End of main content --&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- end contentPad div --&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- end twocolumncontent div --&gt; &lt;div class="twoColumnLinks"&gt; &lt;!--&lt;div class="relatedLinks"&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Related Links&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/index.htm"&gt;Related link 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;--&gt; &lt;!-- end relatedlinks div --&gt; &lt;!--#INCLUDE VIRTUAL="/_lib/include/quicklinks.htm"--&gt; &lt;!--#INCLUDE VIRTUAL="/_lib/include/mylinks.htm"--&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- end twocolumnlinks div --&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- end twocolumnrow div --&gt; &lt;!--#INCLUDE VIRTUAL="/_lib/include/footer.htm"--&gt; </code></pre>
 

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