Connecting to an Access Database Using File DSN and ASP/ADO
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June 20, 2008 3:50 PM
This example describes using File DSN and ASP/ADO to connect to an Access Database.
<%
Dim oConn, oRs
Dim qry, connectstr, sDSNDir
Dim db_name, db_username, db_userpassword
Dim dsn_name
dsn_name = "your_dsn_name"
fieldname = "your_fieldname"
tablename = "your_tablename"
'assumes that _dsn exists in the root
sDSNDir = Server.MapPath("/_dsn")
connectstr = "filedsn=" & sDSNDir & "/" & dsn_name
Set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
oConn.Open connectstr
qry = "SELECT * FROM " & tablename
Set oRS = oConn.Execute(qry)
if not oRS.EOF then
while not oRS.EOF
response.write ucase(fieldname) & ": " & oRs.Fields(fieldname) & " "
oRS.movenext
wend
oRS.close
end if
Set oRs = nothing
Set oConn = nothing
%>
Dim oConn, oRs
Dim qry, connectstr, sDSNDir
Dim db_name, db_username, db_userpassword
Dim dsn_name
dsn_name = "your_dsn_name"
fieldname = "your_fieldname"
tablename = "your_tablename"
'assumes that _dsn exists in the root
sDSNDir = Server.MapPath("/_dsn")
connectstr = "filedsn=" & sDSNDir & "/" & dsn_name
Set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
oConn.Open connectstr
qry = "SELECT * FROM " & tablename
Set oRS = oConn.Execute(qry)
if not oRS.EOF then
while not oRS.EOF
response.write ucase(fieldname) & ": " & oRs.Fields(fieldname) & " "
oRS.movenext
wend
oRS.close
end if
Set oRs = nothing
Set oConn = nothing
%>