Can you tell me what this means?

Hmmmm all the � are representations of special characters in html (I'm assuming non-Latin-1 - never seen numbers that high) Read this for an explanation of sorts

Server.CreateObject is just an ASP method for creating objects (really) and isn't the problem - it looks like either client or server is not allowing the object to be created.

The relevant error is 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3' Read Microsoft's explanation of this error

If you aren't the server admin or if you didn't script the pages you need to let whoever is know what error you'r e getting.

I think now that that was programmed to be that way. It was sort of blocking me from the site. I had just submitted an article for publication. It kept saying "No matching document found" whenever I wanted to login.

Perhaps it was a way of keeping me from checking with the editors how my work was. Finally, when my article got published (passed the editors), I was able to access the site with the same username and password that I had been entering.

Is it usually like that with other sites? If this happens all the time with many users, they may one day begin doubting their usernames and passwords. Why can't designers use other ways of temporary blocking users instead of saying "No matching document found"?

seems like, some error happened~