ASP Server Object

The ASP Server object is used to access methods and properties on the server. The Server object provides a variety of functions such as the ability to execute other ASP pages within a page or map a virtual path on the physical server. The syntax, properties, and methods of the ASP Server object are as follows:

Properties

Setting the ScriptTimeout Value

<%
Server.ScriptTimeout=value in seconds
Server.ScriptTimeout=90
%>

Retrieving the value of the ScriptTimeout Property

<%
Response.Write(Server.ScriptTimeout)
%>

Methods

CreateObject

Syntax
set variable=Server.CreateObject(progID)

<%
set objCmd=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.command")
%>

Execute

Syntax
Server.Execute(path)

<%
Server.Execute("page2.asp")
%>

GetLastError

<%
Server.GetLastError()
%>

HTMLEncode

Syntax
Server.HTMLEncode(string)

<%
Response.Write(Server.HTMLEncode("A paragraph element uses the <p> tag."))
%>

MapPath

Syntax
Server.MapPath(path)

<%
Response.Write(Server.MapPath("default.asp") & "<br />")
Response.Write(Server.MapPath("images/img1.jpg") & "<br />")
%>

Output
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\default.asp
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\images\img1.jpg

Transfer

Syntax
Server.Transfer(path)

<%
Server.Transfer("page2.asp")
%>

URLEncode

Syntax
Server.URLEncode(string)

<%
Response.Write(Server.URLEncode("https://www.itgeared.com"))
%>