4.47. mvasp

Executes the ASP-style perl code contained by the tag. The code will run under the restrictions of the Safe module. This is very similar to the [perl] tag, except that the standard '<%' and '%>' ASP delimiters allow you to mix HTML and perl code.

4.47.1. Summary

    [mvasp tables] ASP here [/mvasp]
    [mvasp tables="db1 db2 ..." other_named_attributes] ASP here [/mvasp]

Parameters	Description	Default
tables	Database tables to be made available to ASP Perl code	none
table	Alias for tables	none

Attributes	Default
failure	none
no_return	Always true
subs	No
arg="subs"	Same as subs
global	No
file	none
interpolate	No
reparse	No

Other_Characteristics
Invalidates cache	Yes
Has Subtags	<% and %>
Container tag	Yes
Nests	No

Tag expansion example:

    [mvasp tables="products" failure="ASP Broke <BR>"]
        <P>This is HTML</p>
        <% my $sku = $Values->{code}; %>
        <P>More HTML</p>
        <% my $result = "Looked up SKU $sku. It is a ";
            $result .= $Tag->data('products', 'description', $sku );
            $Document->write( "$result <br>\n" ); %>
        <P>Still more HTML</p>
    [/mvasp]
---
    <P>This is HTML</p>

    <P>More HTML</p>
    Looked up SKU os28044. It is a Framing Hammer <br>

    <P>Still more HTML</p>

4.47.1.1. See Also

perl, Interchange Programming

4.47.2. Description

Executes the ASP-style perl code contained by the tag. The code will run under the restrictions of the Safe module. This is very similar to the [perl no_return=1] tag, except that the standard '<%' and '%>' ASP delimiters allow you to mix HTML and perl code.

See the perl tag and ASP-Like Perl sections for more detail.

4.47.2.1. tables

Whitespace-separated list of database tables to make available within the ASP-Perl code. See perl tag.

4.47.2.2. failure

The value the tag should return in case the perl code fails the eval. See perl tag.

4.47.2.3. no_return

The return value of the perl code is always suppressed. If you want output from the ASP code sections, you must explicitly write it with the &HTML or $Document->write() functions.

You can also retrieve the return value of the perl code from the session hash via [data session mv_perl_result]. See perl tag.

4.47.2.4. subs

Enable GlobalSub routines (requires catalog directive AllowGlobal). See perl tag.

4.47.2.5. global

Turn off Safe protection (requires catalog directive AllowGlobal). See perl tag.

4.47.2.6. file

Prepend the contents of the specified file or FileDatabase entry to the perl code before eval'ing it. See perl tag.

4.47.2.7. Examples

See the ASP-Like Perl section of Interchange Programming.