I have looked around and cannot find an answer.
I'd like to think im better at .asp than i actually am, however, im still in the early stages.
I need to change the expiration time of an ad from days/weeks to hours only.
e.g. instead of listing it for 7 days, it is listed for 3 hours.
I have changed the values in the combo-box and their appropriate texts, using decimal values as the replacement values: 24 hours = 1, so therefore 12 hours = 1.5, 3 hours = 0.125 etc.
this does not work. instead, it creates the ad but no matter when i create an add the time of expiration is always 12:00 the next day.

Can someone help me? I may have gone about this in the completely wrong way, if so, please advice the correct path.

thanks in advance..
chad.

Can you post the code that actually sets the expiration time?  My guess is that the error is in there somewhere.

This is located in PostAd.aspx...

<

legend>For how long should this scrim be listed?</legend>

<asp:DropDownList ID="NumDaysList" runat="server">

<asp:ListItem Value="0.0208">1/2 Hour</asp:ListItem>

<asp:ListItem Value="0.0416">1 Hour</asp:ListItem>

<asp:ListItem Value="0.125" Selected="True">3 Hours</asp:ListItem>

<asp:ListItem Value="0.5">12 Hours</asp:ListItem>

</asp:DropDownList>

 As i said before, i changed each value myself. The ExpirationDate datatype is smalldatetime, in the classifieds_Ads Table.

 

 

Located in PostAd.aspx.vb...

Dim numDays As Double = Convert.ToDecimal((NumDaysList.SelectedValue))

It was previously

Dim numDays As Integer = Convert.ToInt32((NumDaysList.SelectedValue))

however i changed that to remove the error i had using decimals for expiration time.

 

Hope that helps.

You will most likely have to make a change to the following line(s) of code in App_Code/BLL/Ads.vb:

    Dim

expirationDate As DateTime = DateTime.Today.AddDays(numDaysActive)

It's in there several times under various Subs for updating and inserting ads.

Thanks Heaps mattbug! fixed it.

now i have another issue. whenever i post an ad, it posts two identical ads and for the life of me, i cannot figure out why.

any suggestions anyone?