set application() value with onclick= command

[VBrocks]

hey people this is my first time posting in a forum so hear goes..

I'm writing asp with VBscript and want to change the application(greeting) variable when a link is clicked,

i can get it to work fine like this:

<a onclick=" <% application("greeting") = "welcome back" %>" href="members.asp">login</a>

but i need to do this within a Response.write because its part of a longer "if Len.." statement.

here is what my original code was:

response.write("<tr><td><a href=' " & "members.asp" & " '>login</a></td></tr>")

and here is what i have tried but with no success:

response.write("<tr><td><a onclick=' " & application("greeting") ="welcome back" & " ' href=' " & "members.asp" & " '>login</a></td></tr>")

OK i dont get an error just the output = "False" rather than "login" as a link.
i asume this is because it is comparing application("greeting") with "Welcome back" rather than changing its value


hope someone can help it will be much appriciated