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Connect to Access Database Link
Kevin Robertson

28 days ago

I am attempting to connect to my database using ASP.Net in Expression Web. I am using the following code:

 dim conn
 dim rs
 conn = server.createobject("ADODB.Connection")
 conn.open ("StoreDSN") Read More...
 rs = server.createobject("ADODB.Recordset")
 rs.activeconnection = conn
 rs.open ("SELECT ProductID, ProductName FROM ProductT")
 while not rs.eof
  response.write (rs("ProductName"))
  rs.movenext
 end while

When I navigate to the page I get the following result:
System.__ComObject

Repeating for every record in the database. Any ideas?

Richard Rost

28 days ago

I've never liked using DSNs. Try this instead:

DatabasePath = "/full/path/to/your/database/whatever.mdb"

set Conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

Conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;"

Conn.Open Server.MapPath(DatabasePath)

You shouldn't need the rs.ActiveConnection line.

And remember you don't need parentheses around statements that aren't functions and don't return a value. For example:

response.write rs("ProductName")

You don't need parens around that because you aren't returning a value from it.

Kevin Robertson

27 days ago

Thank Richard, finally got it working. Initially ran into the same problem until I made the followong change:

response.write (rs("ProductName").Value)

Set is apparently no longer supported, so had to leave it off.
Tried without the parentheses and got on error message.
Compiler Error Message: BC30800: Method arguments must be enclosed in parentheses.

Thank you once again and keep up the great work you are doing.

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When will ASP.NET be available? Link
Gerard Gates

2 months ago

When will ASP.net be available? I hope you eye gets better soon..

Cheers

Richard Rost

2 months ago

This is a difficult question to answer. I've got a lot of projects in the works right now, mostly Access-related. I still have to update my Office lessons for 2019 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) I really love ASP and I use it every day. My site is built mostly with Classic ASP, and I've been teaching myself ASP.NET slowly. So it's something I really want to dive into for my own enrichment too. If I had to GUESS, I'd say this fall.

And thanks for the concern. Still blind, but I'm seeing a specialist next week.

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SQL Server Anyone? Link
Richard Rost

3 months ago

I just realized while looking over my old ASP courses that I used an Access back-end for the database source in those classes. Is anyone here interested in learning how to connect ASP to an SQL Server backend?

Ray White

3 months ago

Yes Please

Mubeezi Micah

3 months ago

Yes sure.
i am familiar with this connection string.
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'declare the variable that will hold the connection string
Dim ConnectionString
'define connection string, specify database driver and location of the database
ConnectionString="Driver={SQLServer};Server=your_server_name;" &_
"Database=your_database_name;Uid=your_username;Pwd=your_password;"
%

but am curious to know how this one works

'OLE DB and OleDbConnection (.NET framework) Connection Strings

Standard Security:
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'declare the variable that will hold the connection string
Dim ConnectionString
'define connection string, specify database driver and location of the database
ConnectionString="Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=your_server_name;"

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My First ASP Video since 2008 Link
Richard Rost

3 months ago

Prove you're human! A quick way to foil spam bots. This is my first ASP video since 2008. It's been a little while. In this Active Server Pages tutorial, I'll teach you a quick way to foil spam bots on your web site with a simple math question. We'll look at using text and images to make sure you have a human entering information.

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What Replaced Classic ASP VBScript? Link
Mubeezi Micah

3 months ago

Hello Rick,
I am now coming to terms that i have to let go of classic ASP. Which alternatives do i have? I would be good that you recommend something where the learning curve from Classic ASP will be easy. Thanx

Alex Hedley

3 months ago

Hi Micah,

Classic ASP was replaced with ASP.NET.
So you have a couple of options, one is to learn VB.NET and the other is C#.

Alex Hedley

3 months ago

The other thing to think about is how do you want to build it?
Originally there was WebForms but I wouldnt use that.
MVC (Model View Controller) is an option.
You can then split your projects out into FE (Front End) and BE (Back End), make a separate API that you can call to get data etc.

SPA (Single Page Application) this could be done in Angular or Vue etc.
Blazor is new (Web Assembly)

Sorry for a lot of options but it might be worth doing a little reading.

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