Wednesday, March 7, 2007

How do I Connect with MS Access Database using ASP ?

To connect with your MS Access Database via Web using an ASP programming language, use the following connection format;

'to define the variables
Dim conn, rs, sql

'to create a connection object
Set Conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

'to create a database connection
Conn.open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
Data Source=" & Server.MapPath("../db/yourfile.mdb")

'to access a table within a database
sql="select * from yourTable"
rs.Open sql,Conn,adOpenDynamic,adLockBatchOptimistic

'insert your process codes here

'to close a database connection
conn.close
set conn = nothing
rs.close
set rs = nothing

NOTE

The above sample connection string assumes that the "RUNNING PROGRAM FILE" is located inside your Virtual FTP Server's /www root sub-directory.

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