ASP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

Column — objASPError.Column

Synopsis

The Column property holds a long value that specifies the specific character column containing the first character of the error-causing code.

Parameters

None

Example

This example uses the error-generating scripts listed at the end of the Comments/Troubleshooting section. It assumes that the following code has been added to the default custom error script, 500-100.ASP:

**** BEGIN Column Example Script ****
<%
' This script demonstrates the use of the Column
' property of the ASPError object.
Dim objMyASPError

Set objMyASPError = Server.GetLastError( )

Response.Write "The value of the Column property is " & objMyASPError.Column
%>
**** END Column Example Script ****

When the error-generating scripts are executed, the preceding Column script generates the following three responses:

Error Generating Script #1:

The value of the Column property is 19

Error Generating Script #2:

The value of the Column property is -1

Error Generating Script #3:

The value of the Column property is -1

Notes

The Column property is valuable in helping you locate erroneous syntax in your code. However, if the error is ASP-specific or the location where the error arises does not contain syntactically incorrect code, this value is -1 and, as such, is of limited use.