little help on asp - response write - asp-classic

Question

I set a variable :
Dim adoRecordset
and set it as:
Set adoRecordSet = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet")
adoRecordset.Open mSQL , adoConnection , adOpenForwardOnly
and I use it into show my data from database
eg. 1. <td align="left"><%=adoRecordset("loc")%></td>
and I would like add a asp code "if" & "else"
but this : 2. Response.Write "<td adoRecordset(loc)></td>"
doesn't work.
How can I make asp code 2. work as 1. ?

Answer 1

My asp classic is rusty, but I think you are looking for something like:
<%
If adoRecordset("loc") <> "" Then
Response.Write(adoRecordset("loc"))
End If
%>
Or with a local var to cache the result:
<%
Dim someLoc
Set someLoc = adoRecordset("loc")
If someLoc <> "" Then
Response.Write("<td>" & someLoc & "</td>")
End If
%>
If you've got large amounts of conditional Html output, then you can switch out of server code again, like so:
<% If something or other Then %>
Some Conditional Html Here
<% Else %>
Else Html here
<% End If %>
<%= is shorthand to emit a value
whereas <% escapes to server side code.

Answer 2

Dim adoRecordset
Set adoRecordSet = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet")
adoRecordset.Open mSQL , adoConnection , adOpenForwardOnly
if not adoRecordset.EOF then
do while not adoRecordSet.EOF
if adoRecordset("columnName") = "test value 1" then
response.write("<td>" & adoRecordset("columnName") & "</td>")
else
response.write("<td>I want to do something else here</td>")
end if
adoRecordset.movenext
loop
end if
adoRecordset.close
set adoRecordset = nothing