on page 717 the book has me insert some new lines. Here are the important ones:
   Dim orsPendingSales
   Set orsPendingSales = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
   sSQL = "SELECT SaleID, WinningBid, ItemName " & _
          "FROM Sale " & _
          "INNER JOIN Item ON Sale.ItemID = Item.ItemID " & _
          "WHERE BuyerID=" & Session("PersonID") & " " & _
          "AND BuyerAcceptance=FALSE;"
   orsPendingSales.Open sSQL, oConn

When I execute the login I receive an error on the last line above:
Error Type:
ADODB.Recordset (0x800A0BB9)
Arguments are of the wrong type, are out of acceptable range, or are in conflict with one another.
/begasp/chap15/MenuForRegisteredUsers.asp, line 51

I am using Windows 2000 spk4 with IIS updates. Since I have used just enough of SQL syntax to understand what it is asking for I do not know if the syntax is correct for Access 2000 or MSSQL. I am using Access 2000.

Richard J. Airhart

I don't have the book so can't comment directly on the SQL (though it looks fine from a syntax point of view), but I can share a v useful debugging tip for sorting out SQL statements:
1. temporarily change your page to this
   Dim orsPendingSales
   Set orsPendingSales = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
   sSQL = "SELECT SaleID, WinningBid, ItemName " & _
          "FROM Sale " & _
          "INNER JOIN Item ON Sale.ItemID = Item.ItemID " & _
          "WHERE BuyerID=" & Session("PersonID") & " " & _
          "AND BuyerAcceptance=FALSE;"
' orsPendingSales.Open sSQL, oConn
Response.Write sSQL
Response.End

that will give you the SQL that is actually being passed to the db
2. maybe you will spot something at this stage, e.g. Session("PersonID") is empty, if not carry on below
3. open up your mdb in Access
4. create a new query and paste the results of the Response.Write into it
5. try and run it and see what happens - often you will get a more helpful error message.

hth
Phil

Thanks for the suggestion. It proved that the variable oConn wasn't defined or not opened. When I included that portion it of course worked. Duh!





Richard J. Airhart