I see that your forum uses ASP, which uses an Access or SQL Database so the pages are scripted in vbScript.
This link shows you how to compare text strings using a built in vbScript function:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...5/hey0622.mspx
Here's another one from Haneng.com
http://www.haneng.com/lessons_10.asp
Learn more about strings at Code Tricks:
http://www.codetricks.com/printpage.php?id=14
Head over to
www.w3schools.com where you'll find links to great tutorials and scripts in both vbScript and JavaScript.
http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_examples.asp
For more information, try a Google search for "vbScript string manipulation" or "javascript string manipulation".