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Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0138' Nested Script Block

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Date Created
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Last Updated
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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Short Desc
When you write your scripts, you may sometimes bundle them together and this may cause your script tags to become nested which is not allowed.
Details
When you write your scripts, you may sometimes list them all in a single page to better handle them. This can cause some issues especially if you forget and leave a beginning and ending script tag, this will cause the following error,

Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0138'
Nested Script Block
/Functions.asp, line 23
A script block cannot be placed inside another script block.
Recreate Issue
To recreate this issue:

<script>
your code here #1
<script
your code here #2
</script>
</script>

As you can see above, we have a nested script #2, this is not allowed and will cause the error.
Resolve Issue
To resolve this issue:

<script>
your code here #1
// Add additional scripts below each
your code here #2
// Add additional scripts below each
your code here #3
// Add additional scripts below each
your code here #4
</script>

As you can see, we have our beginning and ending script tags.
We are also listing several different scripts within the tags, this is allowed and can make your code more readable and also for faster loading of the scripts.

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