ASP equivalent?

[KashKurcura]

Does anyone know if there is an ASP equivalent to this bit of PHP?

   $data = @implode('', @file("http://www.foo.com?string=$string") );

   if ($data) {
      echo "$data";
   } else {
      echo 'Error-The system data link is broken.';
   }

[drawmack]

that logic would be more complex in ASP. However ASP is not a langauge it is a methodology you can use VBScript, JavaScript or PerlScript to write in ASP and the language that you are using will affect the answer to this question a great deal.