I am trying to create an edit page that can update the datbase with asp injected into the html like this:

<tr>
<td>
Event:</td>
<td> <input type="text" name="event" value="<%=event%>"></td>
</tr>

but I get this error message:

Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a03ea'

Syntax error

/duthea/admin/Productions/prodedit.asp, line 84

Response.Write(event)
---------------^

I tried changing it to this:
<tr>
<td>
Event:</td>
<td> <input type="text" name="event" value="<%=rs("event")%>"></td>
</tr>

but then I get a type mismatch

any guidance on this?