Hi guys,

Here are my existing asp pages,

1.profile_add_office.asp
<form method="POST" action="PROFILE_ADD_ac.asp" name="form" onSubmit="return validateForm(this)">
<input type="text" name="BldgnameNew" size="50">
'etc.

2.profile_add_ac.asp
BldgnameNew= ChkString(Request.Form("BldgnameNew"))
'etc.

sql_insert = "insert into TblSubgroup (Bldgname, cgroup, Datebuilt, GFA, GLA) values ('" & BldgnameNew & "','" & group & "', '" & Datebuilt & "', '" & GFA & "', '" & GLA & "', )"


I just want to ask how is it done in asp/access, to avoid duplicate or identical records to be added by the user in the database.

Here's exactly the scenario and what I want to happen with the application, I have a table in Access that holds records such as Bldgname, Datebuilt, Gross Floor Area (GFA), etc. Users can add new records (Bldgname, Datebuilt, GFA, etc.) but if the user enters the exact Building Name (Bldgname) that already exists in the database (i.e. Tower One - tower one), he will be prompted not to continue either by another asp page or a pop-up window, "Another record of the same building name already exists in our database, thank you.".

Can this be done by adding a condition in my sql insert statement such as...

sql_insert = "insert into TblSubgroup (Bldgname, cgroup, Datebuilt, GFA, GLA) "
sql_insert = sql_insert & " values ('" & BldgnameNew & "','" & group & "', '" & Datebuilt & "', '" & GFA & "', '" & GLA & "', ) "
sql_insert = sql_insert & " where Bldgname <> (Request.Form("BldgnameNew"))"

I'm getting errors when I tried the sql_insert above...
Expected end of statement in sql_insert.

Any other ways? Thanks a lot in advance to all of you :)

hello,
  This one you can do in different ways.
1. Issue a query by conditioning with bldgid. If the recordset retrieves any records, means already exists. Stop executing Insert statement.


rs.open "tablename",conn
if not rs.BOF then
   rs.addNew
      rs.fields("bldgid")=request("txtBldgId")
      ....
   rs.update
else
  response.write "Already exists"
end if

rs.close


2. Add, on error resume next statement at the beginning of the script.
After conn.execute strSQl
  if Err.number = -2147467259 then 'error number for primary key violation
     response.write "ERROR! " & Err.description
  end if

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Rajani