In this article we will learn how to display random records from the database. From the articles so far, you will be able to display records from the database in a variety of ways and do a lot with them. We will add to our ASP-Database knowledge by enabling our ASP scripts to show random records.
In Active Server Pages, all strings are enclosed in double quotes ("). For example, if you wanted to pull in all orders from the database, the SQL string would look like this:
This article shows how to use the refresh method of the ADO Parameters collection to interrogate a stored procedure. You may already have experience using ADOX or SQL-DMO to accomplish this, but please keep in mind that the method displayed here is meant to be simple enough that anyone with ADO experience can use it. (ADOX and SQL-DMO will be addressed later.)
We have already discussed how to create DSN and show database contents in the ASP page in our tutorial Accessing Database from ASP. Then we moved on to learn how to add records to the database in the tutorial Adding Records to the Database. We will now see how to update the records in the database
Database programming is like a confused little monkey. Puddlin? on the floor and screaming at the walls, it?s a tedious little thing that?s prone to memory leaks and lots of errors and mistakes. To the dismay of anyone hoping to avoid a headache, database programming is ridiculously redundant and incredibly boring. Because web development loves its little monkey sooooo much, it?s unfortunately here to stay.
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