It is an often problem with database intergration when you use a reserved word. Often asked why a script does not work and it quite often comes down the the author setting a field name as a reserved word, confusing SQL and making debugging hard. To solve this problem here is a quick list of the SQL Reserved Words.

Dropdowns or combo boxes are an excellent way to get input from a user. One of the biggest problems with user input is spelling and formatting. Here is how to use and populate dropdowns from a database.

Learn how to add records with an SQL statement instead of a Recordset. Here are two examples. One will use a query string and the other gets the info from a form. Both examples include an example of a DSN-LESS connection.

Learn how to edit records with an SQL statement instead of a Recordset. Here are two examples. One will use a query string and the other gets the info from a form. Both examples include an example of a DSN-LESS connection.

There are a few different ways to connect to an Access database using a DSN-LESS connection. You can use the Access driver, an OLEDB provider connection, a physical path or a virtual path. Here is an example of each as well as a DSN-LESS SQL Server connection.

Learn how to delete records with an SQL instead of a Recordset. Here are two examples. One will use a query string and the other gets the info from a form. Both examples include an example of a DSN-LESS connection.

Ever wondered how to create a table, view or procedure with MS Access? This article shows us how to create all three and work with them from an ASP script.

How do I get the Unique ID or Auto ID of the record I just entered? The solution is really quite simple.

Basically, I had the problem of needing a marquee to scroll important updates but everyone who needed to update it was not HTML savvy. So I made it form based. And the coolest part about it is, you can control the background color, and the text color. That is good when you want different color combinations to have communicate different things. Like, black background and red text could mean urgent and blue background* and yellow text could be Happy Birthday!

How to build a dynamic dropdown list with ASP and database data. Then, how to use ADO and recordset filtering to produce a structured list.