So you need a DSN-Less connection but your not quite sure what to do. Well we can do this for you. A quick and easy way to make a connection without a DSN. This will work for your MS Access database only. Now includes SQL Server.
Insert a table into a database dynamically. You don't even have to open MS Access. One simple asp does the trick. Using ADOX you can add and manipulate tables easily once you know how.
You fill in the blanks, and you are given the source code for the form, and a page to display the information in the database. Also the database is ready to download with all fields in your form.
If you have an SQL database set up with your web host, a useful tip to know is how to connect to your SQL database via Enterprise Manager. The advantage of knowing how to do this is that you will be able to manage your SQL Server database via Enterprise Manager over TCP/IP, yourself.
This article wraps up the details of the real time data grid that started in part one of this two-part article. It looks at the JavaScript code that contacts our database server and allows us to update data in a database without actually refreshing the page.
The part one of this two-part article shows how to create an ASP class that allows us to work with our databases through a web browser. It will allow us to update and delete records dynamically using JavaScript and XMLHTTP, without ever having to refresh the page.
MySQL is the most popular open source database system available today, and is currently installed on over two million servers worldwide. This article takes a look at using the free MyODBC driver to talk to a MySQL database from an ASP script.