ASP, Python, VBScript and sharing like friends

[Shae Erisson]

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> 
> Here is an example of what I mean.
> 
> <SCRIPT RUNAT = SERVER LANGUAGE=Python>
> def Test4(number):
>         return number + 3, number + 4
> </SCRIPT>
> Our numbers of the day are
> <%
> =Test4(10)
> %>.
> 
> I get a Type Mismatch, An unhandled data type was encountered error.
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I can only offer guesses, I've never done ASP w/PythonScript
Have you tried turning your number into a string before you return it?

<SCRIPT RUNAT = SERVER LANGUAGE=Python>
def Test4(number):
        return str(number + 3, number + 4)
</SCRIPT>

Do you know exactly where the error is happening? Is it only in the
returned value?

Try some experimental incremental scripts like this:

<SCRIPT RUNAT = SERVER LANGUAGE=Python>
def Test5(number):
        return (1,'I can return numbers<BR>')

</SCRIPT>

<SCRIPT RUNAT = SERVER LANGUAGE=Python>
def Test6():
        return 'I can return strings.<BR>'
</SCRIPT>

<SCRIPT RUNAT = SERVER LANGUAGE=Python>
def Test7(handyString):
        return 'I can pass and return %s.<BR>' % handyString
</SCRIPT>

<%
=Test7('strings')
%>

I'm sure you can come up with more things to test... When you test each
thing your code does separately, you can usually find the problem.
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