I wan to display MS Word documents using ASP. I have a database that holds file name, date. When the user clicks on date, the corresponding MS Word file, should be displayed.
Please Help.

Please take a look at the links below. It describes how to create / display a Excel or Word document in a browser using asp, along with some additional information that might be useful.

HOW TO: Create an Office Document in an ASP Application
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;301044

How to Configure Internet Explorer to Open Office Documents in the Appropriate Office Program Instead of in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=162059

PRB: Internet Explorer Prompts User to Open/Save Office File Streamed from ASP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;296717

As an aside:

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<a href="path/to/myword.doc">11-04-2003</a>
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Have you tried direct links, something like this? In this case IE should ask if want to open the document in the browser the first time your click the link.

Obviously, you would programatically create the html source to output the date and include links to your Word documents residing on your web server.