Is it better to store functions in gloabal.asa or in an include file or does it matter?

I have never heard of storing functions in Global.asa file. Store all your functions in a separate file that you can include.

I think the code in the Global.asa file is executed only at the beginning of the session or at the start of the application (IIS service).

There is no way to keep a function in the global.asa file. You could keep the name of the include and use the server.execute() command to include it like so:

Bear in mind that this will only work with ASP 3. But trying to use the application object in an include code will not work, like so:

This is becuse the server-side include is executed BEFORE the ASP is, so it would create an "include page not found" error

Hope that this helps

OK. Thanks for the clarification.