
Ado Display in ASP
To display data using ADO in Classic ASP, you typically:
Create a connection to your database.
Use
Connection.Execute
or anADODB.Recordset
to retrieve data.Loop through the recordset to display the results on the page.
? Basic Example: Display Data Using ADODB.Recordset
<%Dim conn, rs, sql' 1. Open database connectionSet conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")conn.Open "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=SERVER;Initial Catalog=DB;User ID=USER;Password=PASS;"' 2. Prepare SQL and open recordsetsql = "SELECT UserID, Name, Email FROM Users"Set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")rs.Open sql, conn, 1, 1 ' 1 = adOpenKeyset, 1 = adLockReadOnly' 3. Display data in a tableResponse.Write "<table border='1'>"Response.Write "<tr><th>ID</th><th>Name</th><th>Email</th></tr>"Do Until rs.EOF Response.Write "<tr>" Response.Write "<td>" & rs("UserID") & "</td>" Response.Write "<td>" & rs("Name") & "</td>" Response.Write "<td>" & rs("Email") & "</td>" Response.Write "</tr>" rs.MoveNextLoopResponse.Write "</table>"' 4. Close recordset and connectionrs.CloseSet rs = Nothingconn.CloseSet conn = Nothing%>
? Notes:
rs("FieldName")
is how you access each column.Always close your
Recordset
andConnection
objects to free resources.Use
Server.HTMLEncode()
if you're outputting user data to prevent XSS.
? Optional: Safer Version with Command
+ Parameters (e.g., filter by ID)
Let me know if you want a version that displays data based on parameters (e.g., search by ID or name) using ADODB.Command
.
Would you like this example customized for Access, MySQL, or to include pagination?