AddNew Method Example (JScript)

This example uses the AddNew method to create a new record with the specified name. Cut and paste the following code to Notepad or another text editor, and save it as AddNewJS.asp.
<!-- BeginAddNewJS -->
<%@LANGUAGE="JScript" %>
<!-- Include file for JScript ADO Constants -->
<%// use this meta tag instead of adojavas.inc%>
<!--METADATA TYPE="typelib" uuid="00000205-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4" -->

<html>

<head>
    <title>Add New Method Example (JScript)</title>
<style>
<!--
body {
   font-family: 'Verdana','Arial','Helvetica',sans-serif;
   BACKGROUND-COLOR:white;
   COLOR:black;
    }
-->
</style>
</head>

<body>
<h1>AddNew Method Example (JScript)</h1>

<%
    if (Request.Form("Addit") == "AddNew")
    {
        // connection and recordset variables
        var Cnxn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
        var strCnxn = "Provider='sqloledb';Data Source=" + Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME") + ";" +
            "Initial Catalog='Northwind';Integrated Security='SSPI';";
        var rsEmployee = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset");
        //record variables
        var FName = String(Request.Form("FirstName"));
        var LName = String(Request.Form("LastName"));
    
        try
        {
            // open connection
            Cnxn.Open(strCnxn)
        
            // open Employee recordset using client-side cursor
            rsEmployee.CursorLocation = adUseClient;
            rsEmployee.Open("Employees", strCnxn, adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic, adCmdTable);
    
            rsEmployee.AddNew();
            rsEmployee("FirstName") = FName;
            rsEmployee("LastName") = LName;
            rsEmployee.Update;

            // of course, you would normally do error handling here
            Response.Write("New record added.")
        }
        catch (e)
        {
            Response.Write(e.message);
        }
        finally
        {
            // clean up
            if (rsEmployee.State == adStateOpen)
                rsEmployee.Close;
            if (Cnxn.State == adStateOpen)
                Cnxn.Close;
            rsEmployee = null;
            Cnxn = null;
        }
    }
%>

<form method="post" action="AddNewJS.asp" id=form1 name=form1>
<table>
<tr>
    <td colspan="2">
    <h4>Please enter the record to add:</h4>
    </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>
        First Name:
    </td>
    <td>
        <input name="FirstName" maxLength=20>
    </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>
        Last Name:
    </td>
    <td>
        <input name="LastName" size="30" maxLength=30>
    </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td align="right">
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="Submit">
    </td>
    <TD align="left">
        <INPUT type="reset" value="Reset" name="Reset">
    </TD>
</tr>
</table>
<INPUT type="hidden" value="AddNew" name="Addit">
</form>
</body>
</HTML>
<!-- EndAddNewJS -->
AddNew Method Example (JScript)

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