display user account name on CustPref.asp

hello all.

i'm trying to display the user's account name when they enter the CustPref.asp page.

I'm trying to say "welcome back <%=session("customerName")%>", but this only works if they visit the "edit Personal Information" page to set the session customerName.

any ideas?
thanks!

n0thing

hi nothing -

can you tell me where you pasted the code?

thanks!
b

How do I display the customer name on header.asp?
how do I reference to it?

I still can't figure it out. How do I make it appear on header.asp?
This is my current code

<div id="myAccount">Hi
                <% 
                ' Display Name of customer if logged in
              if session("idCustomer")="0" or session("idCustomer")="" then%>
                Guest,&nbsp;&nbsp;
                <% else %>
                <strong><%=session("customerName")%></strong& gt;,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="custPref.asp">Your Account</a>
                <% end if %>
                <%
                ' If the customer is not an affiliate and is not logged in
                ' show a link to the registration page.
                if session("idCustomer")="0" or session("idCustomer")="" then%>
                    <a href="custPref.asp">Login</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&l t;span style="color: #FF0000">/</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="custPref.asp">Register</a></div>
                <% else
                ' If the Wish List feature is active, show a link to it
                    if (scWL="-1") or ((scBTO=1) and (iBTOQuote=1)) then%>
                        <a href="custPref.asp">My Account</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="color: #FF0000">/</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="Custquotesview.asp">Wishlist</a>&nbsp;&am p;nbsp;<span style="color: #FF0000">/</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="CustLO.asp">Log Out</a></div>
                    <% end if %>
                <% end if %>
        <!-- End My Account -->
    </div>

I got this to work, but only after the user visits their information page.  it will just say Hi and not show a name until they visit their information page.  It seems that it is querying the pages, not the database for the user name.  How could this be fixed?  

 

<div id="myAccount">
  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#024d90">
  <b>Hello</b>
                 <% 
                 ' Display Name of customer if logged in
               if session("idCustomer")="0" or session("idCustomer")="" then%>
        <b>Guest</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></f ont>
                 <% else %>
                 <b><%
    if (Session("CustomerName"))>"0" Then Response.Write(Session("CustomerName"))%></b>&n bsp;&nbsp;<br>
                 <% end if %>
                 <%
                 ' If the customer is not an affiliate and is not logged in
                 ' show a link to the registration page.
                 if session("idCustomer")="0" or session("idCustomer")="" then%>
                     <a href="custPref.asp"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#024d90">Login</font></a>&nbsp;&am p;nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="custPref.asp"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#024d90">Register</font></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;</div>
                 <% else
                 ' If the Wish List feature is active, show a link to it
                     if (scWL="-1") or ((scBTO=1) and (iBTOQuote=1)) then%>
                          <a href="custPref.asp"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#024d90">My Account</font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp ;&nbsp;<a href="Custwlview.asp"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#024d90">Wishlist</font></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="CustLO.asp"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#024d90">Log Out</font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
                     <% end if %>
                 <% end if %>
        <!-- End My Account -->
    </div>