MX RSS Reader-Writer Forum :: ASP 'Option Explicit' causes an error

I have a working newsfeed but when I add the option explicit function I get the following error message

MX_RssReader Error
Couldn't open the supplied URL: 'http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/health/rss.xml'
Variable is undefined

I am trying to create a server side include for use throughout my site

base file is here
http://www.nursing-agencies-list.com/includes/rsstestnal.asp

err.description is the variable that is undefined so I assume that the newsfeed provider is not giving a message description

err.number = 500

The other part of this error is that in the MX_RssReader.class.asp when the error occurs the cache is cleared and the feed is then left empty!

Line 76
If this is reached without error then cache is cleared using a private function
getContentFromURI(uri)
Error 500 but no description and works without option explicit invoked

Error occurs from 373 under private function
getContentFromURI
which is called from 96 but the error report is after the cache has been cleared

I have declared the following variables
MM_test_STRING
xmlRss
loadingresult
NODE_ELEMENT
NODE_ATTRIBUTE
NODE_TEXT
NODE_CDATA
NODE_PROCCESSING
NODE_COMMENT
docElement
channel
channelNodes
objNode
nodeName
tmpNode
itemSubnodes
subnode
fakeRS
i
channel_name
item_name
item_index
fieldname

Hi Nigel,

Are extensions are not fully compatible with the use of <% option explicit%> in your ASP site, so you should either remove this declaration or manually define all your variables within the .asp pages.

I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,
Ionut

Hi Ionut,

Thanks for responding. I listed the variables I have declared from the RSS reader extension which ones have I missed as the error message does not identify it.

Thanks,

Nigel

Could you provide URL and FTP access to your site in order to see the error and debug the problem exactly?

Ionut