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Connecting to an Access Database Using ASP/ADO

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Last Updated: December 17, 2007 4:21 PM

This example describes using ASP/ADO to connect to an Access Database.

<%
Dim oConn, oRs
Dim qry, connectstr
Dim db_path
Dim db_dir
db_dir = Server.MapPath("access_db") & "\"
db_path = db_dir & "yourdatabasefile.mdb"
fieldname = "your_field"
tablename = "your_table"

connectstr = "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=" & db_path

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

%>