500 Internal Server Error when code is in include file

**vconfused** · vconfused, February 10th, 2010 10:24 PM

On my own dev server, it works fine, but on a hosted server I am getting a 500 Internal Server error. Maybe there is a better way to do this.

I need some common asp code for multiple pages. If I use  and in the .asp file just have

Code:

<%
Dim strTest
%>

then I get an error. If I remove the <% and %> then no error, but of course the code is just returned (in this case "Dim strTest"). The main page is also a .asp file.

Using .inc instead of .asp doesn't make a difference. It was suggestetd to use .asp for the include file so that the script cannot be returned to the visitor if they type in the file name somehow.

Any ideas?

Thanks!!

**jmurrayhead** · jmurrayhead, February 10th, 2010 10:44 PM

If using Internet Explorer, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced and then uncheck the "Show friendly HTTP errors" under the "Browsing" category.

Run the page again. Do you see any specific error messages?

**vconfused** · vconfused, February 11th, 2010 01:36 AM

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I have that option turned off. All browsers are returning "Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator to inform of the time the error occurred and of anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log."

**richyrich** · richyrich, February 11th, 2010 06:30 AM

Could you post some more of your code? From the main .asp page around where you have the include.

**vconfused** · vconfused, February 11th, 2010 09:29 AM

Certainly. I have:

Code:

<%@ Language="VBScript" %> 
<% OPTION EXPLICIT
	Dim bolVar
	bolVar = False
%>
<!--#include file="common.asp"-->
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

In the common.asp file:
[code]
<%
Dim strVar
%>

If I remove the <% and %> in the common.asp then the "Dim strVar" is returned as plain text to the web page, but at least no error.

Thanks!

**jmurrayhead** · jmurrayhead, February 11th, 2010 10:38 AM

Try closing the asp delimiter '%>' after option explicit and the reopening it for your variable declarations.

**vconfused** · vconfused, February 11th, 2010 11:14 AM

Unfortunately, same result.

I can move the include into the <% and %> of main.asp and then not get an error but then I cannot call functions in the included file from the main file. i.e.:

Code:

<% OPTION EXPLICIT %>

<% Dim bolVar
bolVar= False
<!--#include file="common.asp"-->
%>

I don't have access to the IIS Manager, but I don't see how a setting could be causing this problem (IIS 6).

**jmurrayhead** · jmurrayhead, February 11th, 2010 11:17 AM

What if you change it to #include virtual instead of #include file? And are you sure the path is correct?

**vconfused** · vconfused, February 11th, 2010 01:23 PM

Interesting, unfortunately virtual returned the same thing.

The path is correct because if I open the included file and remove the <% and %> from the beginning and end, then the code within is returned as plain text when I view the main file.

**jmurrayhead** · jmurrayhead, February 11th, 2010 01:30 PM

Is the code you posted above the entire contents of common.asp? If not can you post it?

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