overflow?

Mhtml · 08-01-2002, 07:55 AM

I'm making a small calculator project which will write the amount of fence posts needed for a fence on my parents farm depending on the input from the form. .

Here is what I'm using.

Code:

<%
dim PostNo  'The variable for the number of posts
dim PostSp  'The variable for spacing between posts
dim PaceAm 'The variable for the amount of paces
dim PaceSz  'The variable for the size of the paces

PostSp  = Request.Form("fPostSp")
PaceAm = Request.Form("fPaceAm")
PaceSz  = Request.Form("fPaceSz")

PostNo = PaceAm*PaceSz/PostSp

Response.Write(PostNo)
%>

I get an error stating overflow. What does it mean? Is it that the variable has to much information?

glenngv · 08-01-2002, 08:10 AM

what's the expected value of PostNo?

Mhtml · 08-01-2002, 08:24 AM

Not quite clear on what you mean.

glenngv · 08-01-2002, 08:29 AM

when you ran the code, what is supposed to be the value of PostNo variable, is it too big?

Mhtml · 08-02-2002, 08:30 AM

PostNo is supposed to hold the result of the calculation.

Mhtml · 08-02-2002, 08:37 AM

I've tried multiple ways but I can seem to devide the number which I have stored in a variable.

Simply I times two numbers together and then divide the answer but I get an overflow error when I try to divide.

allida77 · 08-02-2002, 02:47 PM

Is it just an "overflow" error, try putting an --> On Error Resume Next at the beginning of your code.

oracleguy · 08-02-2002, 10:28 PM

This is the page I made up and it appears to work. I added some validation in because without it, if one of the variables is empty it errors out.

Code:

<HEAD>
<TITLE>Fence post calculator</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>

<p>
<FORM action="" Method="Post">
Spacing between posts:<INPUT type="text" name="fPostSp"><BR>
Ammount of paces:<INPUT type="text" name="fPaceAm"><BR>
Size of paces:<INPUT type="text" name="fPaceSz"><BR><BR>

<INPUT type="Submit" value="Calculate">
</FORM>
</p>

<%
dim PostNo  'The variable for the number of posts
dim PostSp  'The variable for spacing between posts
dim PaceAm 'The variable for the amount of paces
dim PaceSz  'The variable for the size of the paces

PostSp  = Request.Form("fPostSp")
PaceAm = Request.Form("fPaceAm")
PaceSz  = Request.Form("fPaceSz")

If PostSP > 0 And PaceAm > 0 And PaceSz > 0 Then

PostNo = PaceAm*PaceSz
PostNo=PostNo/PostSp
%>

<p><%=PostNo%> required posts.</p>
<%End If%>

</BODY>

Feyd · 08-02-2002, 11:22 PM

But actually doing <p><%=PostNo%> required posts.</p> is much more entertaining than the long way

Are you trying to cast a number larger than 32,000 to an integer?

I've had similar problems when dealing with regional settings for decimal seperators and the thousands, but that doesn't seem to be the case for you...

Usually you get this error when you are over the limit on Request.Form. ASP's limit for form processing is supposed to be about 100k, according to Micro$oft, it breaks down further to a max of 102,399 bytes for each field. Which, again, doesn't seem like it should be affecting you, depending on what you are sending into the form...if it is the case, however, you can always use the old dirty trick of using your own function to deal with the form handling and therefore get around the overflow fatality.

oracleguy · 08-03-2002, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Feyd
But actually doing <p><%=PostNo%> required posts.</p> is much more entertaining than the long way

I usually do that... i did it that way cuz i was "adapting" his existing code. I'll change it.

whammy · 08-08-2002, 12:27 AM

Probably if you used some parentheses the first way would work, too.