ASP Coding

[Culbert]

Is it tough to code ASP for a simple database results
page? I've only ever used FrontPage wizards to create my
database results ASP pages before, but I would like to
(based on Ray's suggestion) try something bigger and
better. Also are there any websites that offer a tutorial
or something?

[Bullschmidt]

<<
Is it tough to code ASP for a simple database results
page? I've only ever used FrontPage wizards to create my
database results ASP pages before, but I would like to
(based on Ray's suggestion) try something bigger and
better. Also are there any websites that offer a tutorial
or something?

>>

Here is something I put together about ASP that hopefully might help
somehow.

Web Database Concept
[url]http://www.bullschmidt.com/concept.asp[/url]

You and others can have access to a database hosted on the Web from any
location that has a browser with an Internet connection.

The Web database concept makes sense if you and your people want to do
work in various locations in or outside the office and still be
"plugged" in.

For example you could have employees enter timesheets or have sales reps
log their contacts. Or perhaps you'd like customers to be able to check
the status of their orders online without having to call the company.

If you want a Web database, typically what would happen is that a
database such as Access or MySQL (basically just consisting of tables)
would be put on the Web.

Then "dynamic" Web pages (such as classic ASP pages which include
VBScript, HTML, and/or JavaScript) would be created acting like the old
desktop database's queries, forms, and reports to access the database -
all hosted on a Web Server.

Dynamic Web pages are similar in many ways to regular HTML pages. But
they are "live" because the user can read from and write to information
in the database. An example where you can login and add, edit, or view
fictional customers and invoices is at
[url]http://www.bullschmidt.com/login.asp[/url]

Not all Web hosts will handle dynamic Web pages but many do. The Web
hosts that can handle ASP pages usually have a Windows 2000 or Windows
2003 operating system running an IIS Web server.

Here are a few good ASP sites:
o ASP101 Samples - [url]http://www.asp101.com/samples[/url]
o W3Schools ASP Tutorial - [url]http://www.w3schools.com/asp[/url]
o Microsoft VBScript Language Reference -
[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/default.htm?/scripting/VBScript/doc/[/url]
vbscripttoc.htm

And the following newsgroup is good:
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general

Or for a "quick and dirty" generic ASP open source solution to putting
databases on the Web (often works well for the admin area of a Web site)
that just requires setting up a configuration page for each table or
query and uploading the database to the Web as long as there is an
autonumber field in each table (and you'll probably also separately want
to create login capabilities), perhaps try something like this:
GenericDB by Eli Robillard
[url]http://www.genericdb.com[/url] and then click on the Tips link to see an
example

Best regards,
J. Paul Schmidt, Freelance ASP Web Developer
[url]http://www.Bullschmidt.com[/url]
Classic ASP Design Tips, ASP Web Database Sample (Freely Downloadable)


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[Culbert]

Awesome. I will try that for sure!

>-----Original Message-----
><<
>Is it tough to code ASP for a simple database results
>page? I've only ever used FrontPage wizards to create my
>database results ASP pages before, but I would like to
>(based on Ray's suggestion) try something bigger and
>better. Also are there any websites that offer a tutorial
>or something?

>>>

>
>Here is something I put together about ASP that hopefully

might help

>somehow.
>
>Web Database Concept
>[url]http://www.bullschmidt.com/concept.asp[/url]
>
>You and others can have access to a database hosted on

the Web from any

>location that has a browser with an Internet connection.
>
>The Web database concept makes sense if you and your

people want to do

>work in various locations in or outside the office and

still be

>"plugged" in.
>
>For example you could have employees enter timesheets or

have sales reps

>log their contacts. Or perhaps you'd like customers to

be able to check

>the status of their orders online without having to call

the company.

>
>If you want a Web database, typically what would happen

is that a

>database such as Access or MySQL (basically just

consisting of tables)

>would be put on the Web.
>
>Then "dynamic" Web pages (such as classic ASP pages which

include

>VBScript, HTML, and/or JavaScript) would be created

acting like the old

>desktop database's queries, forms, and reports to access

the database -

>all hosted on a Web Server.
>
>Dynamic Web pages are similar in many ways to regular

HTML pages. But

>they are "live" because the user can read from and write

to information

>in the database. An example where you can login and add,

edit, or view

>fictional customers and invoices is at
>[url]http://www.bullschmidt.com/login.asp[/url]
>
>Not all Web hosts will handle dynamic Web pages but many

do. The Web

>hosts that can handle ASP pages usually have a Windows

2000 or Windows

>2003 operating system running an IIS Web server.
>
>Here are a few good ASP sites:
>o ASP101 Samples - [url]http://www.asp101.com/samples[/url]
>o W3Schools ASP Tutorial - [url]http://www.w3schools.com/asp[/url]
>o Microsoft VBScript Language Reference -
>[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/default.htm?/scripting[/url]

/VBScript/doc/

>vbscripttoc.htm
>
>And the following newsgroup is good:
>microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general
>
>Or for a "quick and dirty" generic ASP open source

solution to putting

>databases on the Web (often works well for the admin area

of a Web site)

>that just requires setting up a configuration page for

each table or

>query and uploading the database to the Web as long as

there is an

>autonumber field in each table (and you'll probably also

separately want

>to create login capabilities), perhaps try something like

this:

>GenericDB by Eli Robillard
>[url]http://www.genericdb.com[/url] and then click on the Tips link

to see an

>example
>
>Best regards,
>J. Paul Schmidt, Freelance ASP Web Developer
>[url]http://www.Bullschmidt.com[/url]
>Classic ASP Design Tips, ASP Web Database Sample (Freely

Downloadable)

>
>
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[LC]

Hi,

Lets say I connected to an Access database and created an
sql and then created a drop down list.

<%
strSQL = "SELECT tblEV3Location.Division,
tblEV3Location.Code FROM tblEV3Location
ORDER BY tblEV3Location.Division;"

set cars=adoCon.execute(strSQL)
%>

<select name="Division">
<% 'Loop through the recordset to make each entry
in the list. %>
<% do while not cars.eof %>
<Option value = "<%= cars(1) %>"> <%= cars
(0) %></Option>
<%cars.movenext
loop%>
</select>

After the user selects a value from the drop-down, how do
I refer to it in coding? I want to use the user's value
to start another sql in the same table or to put that
value in a textbox. For the textbox idea, how would I do
that?

Any help appreciated.
Thanks.

[Aaron [SQL Server MVP]]

> After the user selects a value from the drop-down, how do

> I refer to it in coding? I want to use the user's value
> to start another sql in the same table or to put that
> value in a textbox. For the textbox idea, how would I do
> that?

On the same page, or after submitting a form?

If the former, please see a client-side group (e.g.
microsoft.public.scripting.jscript).

If the latter, and assuming <form method=post>

Response.Write(Request.Form("Division"))

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[Bullschmidt]

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After the user selects a value from the drop-down, how do
I refer to it in coding? I want to use the user's value
to start another sql in the same table or to put that
value in a textbox.

>>

Here's a somewhat related scenario:

Perhaps this may hopefully give you some ideas. It's got a downloadable
sample and does retain values after the post back:

Classic ASP Design Tips - Dependent Listboxes
[url]http://www.bullschmidt.com/devtip-dependentlistboxes.asp[/url]

Dynamically show the results in a listbox based on what was chosen in
another listbox.

You can use dependent listboxes for example to let a user choose a rep
in a reps listbox and then have only the customers for that rep be shown
in the customers listbox.

Best regards,
J. Paul Schmidt, Freelance ASP Web Developer
[url]http://www.Bullschmidt.com[/url]
Classic ASP Design Tips, ASP Web Database Sample (Freely Downloadable)


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