I took your advice about printing strSQL. It helped a lot!!!
Thank you!
elizabeta
-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Iwan Hansen [mailto:kimiwan@k...]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 4:01 PM
To: ASP Databases
Subject: [asp_databases] RE: not able to use wild card search
You have to use the wild card % to do that ;-)
SELECT f_name FROM table WHERE f_name LIKE 'a%';
-Kim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manish Agarwal [mailto:mpc@c...]
> Sent: 14. december 2001 20:33
> To: ASP Databases
> Subject: [asp_databases] not able to use wild card search
>
>
> I am using an access database but I am not able to use the
> wildcard search.
> If I wanted to pull only F_NAME records that started with the letter
a,
> HOW TO DO THAT
>
> The script which i wrote is as follows---
>
> <%@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %>
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Client Search Results!</title>
>
> </head>
>
>
> <body>
> <%
> Dim SqlJunk
> Dim n
> n = Request.Form("dainbox")
> Set dbGlobalWeb = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
> dbGlobalWeb.Open("poddar")
> sqlJunk = "SELECT * FROM PODDAR WHERE FNAME LIKE '"& n & "' "
>
>
> Set rsGlobalWeb = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
> rsGlobalWeb.Open SqlJunk, dbGlobalWeb, 3
> %>
> <%
> If rsGlobalWeb.BOF and rsGlobalWeb.EOF Then%>
>
> <h2 align="center">We did not find a match!</h2>
> <%Else%>
>
>
> <%If Not rsGlobalWeb.BOF Then%>
>
> <h2>Here are the results of your search:</h2>
>
>
> <form action="DaEngine.asp" method="post" name="log">
> <table border="0" cellpadding="1.5" cellspacing="3" align="center">
> <tr bgcolor="#800000">
>
> <th><font color="white" face="Verdana, Arial" size=2>First
> Name:</font></th>
> <th><font color="white" face="Verdana, Arial" size=2>Last
> Name:</font></th>
> <th><font color="white" face="Verdana, Arial"
> size=2>City:</font></th>
> <th><font color="white" face="Verdana, Arial"
> size=2>State:</font></th>
> <th><font color="white" face="Verdana, Arial"
> size=2>Country:</font></th>
> <th><font color="white" face="Verdana, Arial"
> size=2>Zip:</font></th>
> <th><font color="white" face="Verdana, Arial"
> size=2>HomeTown:</font></th>
> <th><font color="white" face="Verdana, Arial" size=2>Room
> No.</font></th>
> <th><font color="white" face="Verdana, Arial"
> size=2>View:</font></th>
> </tr>
>
> <%
> Do While Not rsGlobalWeb.EOF
> %>
> <tr bgcolor="#DADADA">
>
> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial" size=2
> color="#000080"><%=rsGlobalWeb
> ("FNAME")%>
> </td>
> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial" size=2
> color="#000080"><%=rsGlobalWeb
> ("LNAME")%>
> </td>
> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial" size=2
> color="#000080"><%=rsGlobalWeb
> ("CITY")%>
> </td>
> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial" size=2 color="#000080"><%
> =rsGlobalWeb("STATE")%>
> </td>
> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial" size=2 color="#000080"><%
> =rsGlobalWeb("COUNTRY")%>
> </td>
> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial" size=2
> color="#000080"><%=rsGlobalWeb
> ("PIN")%>
> </td>
> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial" size=2
> color="#000080"><%=rsGlobalWeb
> ("HOMETOWN")%>
> </td>
> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial" size=2
> color="#000080"><%=rsGlobalWeb
> ("ROOMNO")%>
> </td>
> <td> <font face="Verdana, Arial" size=2 color="#000080"><A HREF
> = "view.asp?NAME=<%=rsGlobalWeb("sno")%>">View</A>
> </td>
>
>
> </TR>
> <% rsGlobalWeb.MoveNext
> Loop
> %>
>
> <%End If%>
> <%End If%>
> <%
> rsGlobalWeb.Close
> dbGlobalWeb.Close
> %>
>
> </table>
> </body>
> </html>
>
>
> Waiting for all your help
> Manish
>
> $subst('Email.Unsub').
>
$subst('Email.Unsub').