If you're using passwords of any type on your site, it is best to keep them random. That way they cannot be easily guessed at by intruders.

First, it's good to know a little about ASCII characters. Every character your keyboard can type is actually represented by a number. So the letter A is represented by 65. The letter Z is represented by 90. So all you need to do is generate a series of random numbers, each number between 65 and 90. That would give you a way to find the equivalent letters.

If you want to include numbers too, those are found between spots 48 and 57. I wouldn't use the spots between 57 and 65 - those are odd characters like colons.




So let's say you want to create a 7 character password that contains a random assortment of letters and numbers. You could do something like this:

This was an update someone else's snippet...
VBScript is a graceful language and Windows Scripting Host cleans up after itself, so this is a compact version for simple usage - reducing code bloat is what small scripts are for.

Just my $.02...

Convert a decimal symbol to a binary

Displays the hex value for an HTML color given the decimal RGB values. Uses Internet Explorer to show the hex value in the color itself.

A painfully simple method of viewing the contents of an ASP script via an ASP script.

Converts Hex values to Decimal, useful for reading & converting values from the registry.

This script shows you how a script can be self modifying, like viruses. It is a warning about the possibilities of new macro viruses

If you're asking your users to submit a password of 6-12 characters, you want to make sure it is done properly and without any special characters which could compromise your system.

To do this, you would want to use regular expressions

Validating the email address

Check if a user is logged in or not