i am a c++ guy and new to this asp stuff. i have done vb before and anyways i am trying to get an asp.net page working and my variable assigments are generating errors.


Dim myString As String = "This is a string."

above works fine.

Dim myString As String
myString = "This is a string."

OR

Dim myString As String = "This is a string."
myString = "This is a new string."

the other two blocks of code generate errors saying the 'myString = ' lines expect a declaration. this is bizarre. what am i missing, i know i should be able to change the value of my variables after they are assigned.

please help

james

i figured it out. i was using it inside a script runat="server" tag. if it is declared outside a procedure and assigned inside one it has a global scope for the page adn works. and i am assuming if i did the statements inside a <% %> they'd work too.

james