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.

This is an overview of SYSTEM DSN's, DSN-LESS Connections, and any database permissions that may need to be set on the server. Helpful for people just learning ASP as well as people with some experience.

Outputting data from two tables is almost as easy as displaying from one. This example utilizes two tables with state information on them. The first table (state_order) contains state abbreviations (state), state names (statename) the year each state was admitted into the union (year) and the numeric order they entered in (entered). The second table (state_capitals) contains state abbreviations (state), state names (state) and state capitals (capital). The where statement looks to make a match on the field that each table has in common to ouput the correct capital with all the info from the state_order table.

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.

An article on connecting to database via ASP using both DSN and DSN less connections. Explains uses of each. Learn using connection strings.

The purpose of this article is to show how to get records from an html form and submit that form to an ASP page. This ASP page will then use SQL to enter the records into the database.

Storing frequently used lookup data in a database is a great idea (e.g. order status codes, state names, etc.) that saves tremendous amounts of time in design and maintenance. However, retrieving that data from the database every time it is needed is very inefficient. This article describes how to use Application variables to cache frequently used lookup data in memory to achieve lightning fast access times.

Multiple level select boxes tackled with hierarchical data! This sample illustrates the concept using a hierarchy consisting of geographical region, country, and state data. The code expects a system DSN by name "Hierarchy" and accesses the database using the user id "sa" with a blank password. The database is created in SQL Server 7.0.

The author writes "Recently I was asked to develop a web based report that would collect data from a database, format it in an HTML page and then print a certain number of rows on each page with a column header on each page. This solution solves the problem." Source code available for download.

This article explains a solution on how to increase the performance of your ASP pages that rely on gathering data through several different Recordsets. Specially, using a nifty feature of the ADO Recordset object, Multiple Recordsets, you can store multiple SQL query results in one Recordset object, requiring fewer communications with the database.