SimpleDBDS Read-only Path and Methods

The Directory Services path for read-only access is expressed in the format:

SimpleDBDS://RO/ConnectionString/SQL Statement/[KeyType]/[KeyValue]

where:

RO

Indicates read only.

ConnectionString

A connection string for the data source, specified as a string Variant.

SQL Statement

A SQL query. The query may contain up to one ? character. The query must use a primary key so that it returns no more than one row in the database table.

KeyType

Optional. The data type of the KeyValue. If not specified, the default is string. The / separator is not optional. Usually keys are strings or long integers, but any of the following types may be used.

KeyType specifier	Data type of KeyValue specifier
string	String (default)
long	32-bit long integer
integer	16-bit integer
single	Single-precision floating-point number
double	Double-precision floating-point number
currency	Currency
date	Date

KeyValue

Optional. The value for the ? in the SQL query. If the path does not include a ? in the SQL query, a Key Value should not be provided. The / separator is not optional.

Example

The following example creates a read-only ADSI provider that uses the connection string “DSN=cs; UID=sa;PWD=”, and queries the Clocktower product database using a given SKU (Lor-842W) as a query argument. The example uses the property of the ADSI provider object to display values in a page:

<%
Set CurrentNode = GetObject("SimpleDBDS://RO/DSN=cs;UID=sa;PWD=/select sku, name, dept_name from clocktower_product,  clocktower_dept where clocktower_product.dept_id = clocktower_dept.dept_id and sku = ?//Lor-842W")

Response.Write("<br>Name: ")
Response.Write(CurrentNode.Name)

Response.Write("<br>ADsPath: ")
Response.Write(CurrentNode.ADsPath)

Response.Write("<br>Parent: ")
Response.Write(CurrentNode.Parent)

Response.Write("<br>sku: ")
Response.Write(CurrentNode.Get("sku"))

Response.Write("<br>name: ")
Response.Write(CurrentNode.Get("name"))

Response.Write("<br>dept_name: ")
Response.Write(CurrentNode.Get("dept_name"))
%>

The previous script produces the following output:

Name: RO/DSN=cs;UID=sa;PWD=/select sku, name, dept_name from clockped_product, clockped_dept where clockped_product.dept_id = clockped_dept.dept_id and sku = ?//Lor-842W
ADsPath: SimpleDBDS://RO/DSN=cs;UID=sa;PWD=/select sku, name, dept_name from clockped_product, clockped_dept where clockped_product.dept_id = clockped_dept.dept_id and sku = ?//Lor-842W
Parent: SimpleDBDS:
sku: Lor-842W
name: Primrose Wall Clock
dept_name: Wall Clocks

Note

The methods of the SimpleDBDS object are not usually used directly by ASP in a Commerce Server site. Instead, the AUO is configured to use SimpleDBDS as an ADSI provider, and the AUO is used to access customer information.

The read-only SimpleDBDS supports the following ADSI properties.

The read-only SimpleDBDS supports the following methods.