FP98: How to Display Contents of a Database Using ASP

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
• Microsoft Access 97

SUMMARY

This article describes how to display the contents of an existing database using Active Server Pages (ASP).

MORE INFORMATION

Getting Ready to Use the ASP Features in FrontPage 98

Before you can use the ASP features in FrontPage 98, you must install the following components:

• A 32-bit ODBC driver.
• One of the following servers:

      - Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 2.0/3.0 for Microsoft
        Windows NT Server.
  

      - Microsoft Peer Web Services for Microsoft Windows NT Workstation.
  

      - Microsoft Personal Web Server for Microsoft Windows 95.
  

• An ASP engine on the IIS derivative Web server.
• FrontPage 98 Server Extensions.

Displaying the Contents of a Database using ASP

To display the contents of a database using ASP, follow these steps:

1. Start Microsoft Access 97 and do the following:

       a. Create a database that includes one table. Name the table
          "Employees" (without the quotation marks).
   

       b. Insert four fields and name them:
   

             EmployeesID
             FirstName
             LastName
             EmailName
   
       c. Save the table and switch to Design view.
   
       d. Enter one record into the table using your first name, last name
          and e-mail name.
   
       e. On the File menu, click Save. In the File Name box, type
          "Aspsamp.mdb" (without the quotation marks) and click Save.
   
   

2. Start FrontPage Explorer and create a new Web by following these steps:

       a. On the File menu, point to New, and click FrontPage Web.
   

       b. In Step 1, click One Page Web.
   

       c. In Step 2, click Change.
   

       d. In the "Please specify a location of the New FrontPage Web" box,
          type the following:
   

             http://localhost/ASPWeb
   
       e. In the "Choose a title for your FrontPage Web" box, type "ASPWeb"
          (without the quotation marks).
   
       f. Click OK twice.
   
   

3. On the View menu, click Folders.

4. Import the Microsoft Access 97 database file into FrontPage Explorer, by following these steps:

       a. On the File menu, click Import.
   

       b. Click Add file.
   

       c. Click Browse, select the file you created in step 1, and then
          click Open.
   

       d. Click OK.
   

5. Create an executable folder by following these steps:

       a. On the File Menu, point to New, and click Folder.
   

       b. Name the folder "ASP" (without the quotation marks).
   

       c. Press ENTER.
   

       d. Right-click the ASP folder and click Properties on the menu that
          appears.
   

       e. Click to select the "Allow scripts or programs to be run" check
          box.
   

       f. Click OK.
   

6. Create a system Data Source Name (DSN), by following these steps:

       a. On the Windows Start menu, point to Settings, and then click
          Control Panel.
   

       b. Double-click the 32bit ODBC icon (Windows 95) or the ODBC icon
          (Windows NT).
   

       c. Click the System DSN tab.
   

       d. Click Add.
   

       e. Select the driver you want to use. For example, select "Microsoft
          Access Driver (*.mdb)." Click Finish.
   

       f. In the Data Source Name box, type the name you want. For example,
          type "Aspdemo." Note that the DSN name should not include any
          spaces.
   

       g. Click Select.
   

       h. Select the database file you want to use (for example, select
          Aspsamp.mdb). The file will be located in one of the following
          IIS Web server locations:
   

           - Personal Web Server for Windows 95:
   
                C:\Webshare\Wwwroot\Aspweb\Aspsamp.mdb
   
           - Internet Information Server for Windows NT Server:
   
                C:\InetPub\Wwwroot\Aspweb\Aspsamp.mdb
   
           - Microsoft Peer Web Services for Windows NT Workstation:
   
                C:\InetPub\Wwwroot\Aspweb\Aspsamp.mdb
   
       i. Click OK three times.
   
   

7. On the Tools menu, click Show FrontPage Editor.

8. On the Insert menu, point to Database, and click Database Region Wizard.

9. In the Database Region Wizard, do the following:

       a. In the "ODBC Data Source Name (DSN)" box, type "Aspdemo" (without
          the quotation marks). Click Next.
   

       b. In the "Enter the SQL string for the query" box, type the
          following SQL code:
   

             SELECT * from Employees
   
          Click Next.
   
       c. Click Add Field.
   
       d. In the Add Field dialog box, type "EmployeesID" (without the
          quotation marks). Click OK.
   
       e. Repeat steps c and d for each of the remaining fields (FirstName,
         LastName, and EmailName) that you created in step 1.
   
       f. Click Finish.
   
       g. Click OK.
   
   

10. On the File menu, click Save. In the Save As dialog box, select the

        ASP folder you created in step 5. In the File Name box, type
        "display.asp" (without the quotation marks) and click Save.
    

11. Open the page in your Web browser.

REFERENCES

For more information about Active Server Pages in FrontPage 98, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    ARTICLE-ID : Q174008
    TITILE     : FP98: What are Active Server Pages?

    ARTICLE-ID : Q174015
    TITLE      : FP98: How to Create Active Server Pages in FrontPage 98

    ARTICLE-ID : Q175770
    TITLE      : FP98: How to Post Information to a Database Using ASP