Getting "Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a0401' Expected end of statement" while running the classic asp file

Hi,

I'm new to asp and i have to work on existing asp application. While calling the asp file using ajax i'm getting the error "

Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a0401'

Expected end of statement"

/login/handle_public.asp, line 1

asp_handle_public();

The above file contains only one line of code which is <% asp_handle_public(); %>

Please help to solve this issue, can you please tell me the reason why it is showing this error? In my project all the asp files are with one line of code as mentioned above.

I want to know, these functions are running on the server side or client side?

Please help me to resolve this issue ASAP.

Thanks for any help

Regards,

Ram.