VBScript conditional short-circuiting workaround

Question

I have a large classic ASP app that I have to maintain, and I repeatedly find myself thwarted by the lack of short-circuit evaluation capability. E.g., VBScript won\'t let you

Answer 1

You may be able to just use Else to catch nulls, ""s, etc.

If UCase(Rs("myField")) = "THING" then
  'Do Things
elseif UCase(Rs("myField")) = "STUFF" then
  'Do Other Stuff
else
  'Invalid data, such as a NULL, "", etc.
  'Throw an error, do nothing, or default action
End If

I've tested this in my code and it's currently working. Might not be right for everyone's situation though.