The Select Statement

The Select statement provides us with an easy method by which to perform one of a number of action, based on the value of a variable.  For example, we may be preparing a page which will be reached with a variable in the querystring defining the selection made and the action to perform.

The format of the Select statement is:

<%
Select case = request.querystring("Action")
    case "Edit"
        ...
    case "Delete"
        ...
    case "New"
        ...
    case else
        ...
End Select 'case = request.querystring("Action")
%>

Adding a comment next to the closing closing End Select will help when debugging your code.

It is as well to add the encompassing else line, even if there is no content.  At the time of debugging the program a simple output statment such as response.write("case else") may prove helpful.