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Active Server Page. It is a server-side scripting environment for creating dynamic content. ASP are files with .asp extension, containing HTML tags, text, and script commands. Provides an “easy-to-use” alternative to CGI and ISAPI.
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Active Server Page • It is a server-side scripting environment for creating dynamic content. • ASP are files with .asp extension, containing HTML tags, text, and script commands. • Provides an “easy-to-use” alternative to CGI and ISAPI. • Allow content developers to embed any ActiveX script language or server component into their HTML pages. Tutorial available through option pack menu. • Provide access to ODBC (Open Data Base Connectivity) connector. • Typical VBscript (Visual Basic Scripting Edition) is used to provide dynamic content. MS JScript. C. Edward Chow Page 1
Create ASP with DB access • Create an Signup MS Access Database, signup.mdb on the NT workstation right by Bilbo. • Transfer the signup.mdb to the c:\cs401\scripts directory on Frodo NT server. • Setup ODBC system Data Source Name for the signup.mdb. • Create a virtual directory with aliase cs401scripts with physical path c:\cs401\scripts using MS management console. • Create a search.htm web page using FrongPage or other editor. It asks for the last name in a form and submit the request to retrieve the whole record of the signup database. Put the search.htm in c:\cs401\www. • Create a virtual directory with alias cs401www with physical path c:\cs401\www using MS management console. • Create an Active Server Page, response.asp, which • uses VBscript to retrieve the last name from the form input, • accesses the signup database for the record • return a web page in a table format with all the record with last name matching the input. C. Edward Chow Page 2
Create a signup MS Access Database • Select Start | Programs | Microsoft Access • Click the "Blank Database" in "Creating a New Database Using" pane. Click OK. • Enter "cs401signup" as the file name for the database. Click Create. • In the table tab (default) of the cs401signup database window, click New. • In new Table, click the Design View and click OK. • Enter the field names (LastName, FirstName, and Address) of the table. You can change the fieldsize. • Save the table name as signup (default is table1). C. Edward Chow Page 3
Create Database C. Edward Chow Page 4
Specify Field names C. Edward Chow Page 5
Create table for the DB • Click x icon on the upper right corner. Click Yes to confirm saving the table. • Enter “signup” as the table name. • Click No on creating primary key. • It shows the signup table was created. • Double click it or click open. • Enter several entries of the table. C. Edward Chow Page 6
Setup ODBC on NT Server • Click ODBC Data Sources on control panel. C. Edward Chow Page 7
Add MS Access DB • Click System DSN and Add. • Select MS Access Driver (*.mdb). Click Finish. C. Edward Chow Page 8
ODBC MS Access Setup • Enter Data Source Name (cs401signup) • Enter Description as (cs401 asp DB) • Click Select on Database pane and select the e:\cs401\scripts\cs401signup.mdb C. Edward Chow Page 9
Create Script Virtual Directory • Select Start | Programs | NT 4.0 option pack | MS IIS | IIS manager • Select Frodo, default web site • Select the action menu | new | virtual server • Enter alias as cs401scripts • Enter/browse physical path c:\cs401\scripts • Check only the “Allow execute access.” Click Finish. C. Edward Chow Page 10
Create Query Form Web Page • Create a signup DB search web page with form input. It asks for the last name in a form and submit the request to retrieve the whole record of the signup database. <form METHOD="post" ACTION="/cs401scripts/response.asp“> LastName: <input NAME="LastName" SIZE="30"> <input TYPE="submit" value="submit"> </form> • Put the search.htm in c:\cs401\www. C. Edward Chow Page 11
cs401www Virtual Directory • Follow the same step to create the cs401www virtual directory with cs401www as alias and c:\cs401\www as physical directory. • Create an Active Server Page, response.asp, which • uses VBscript to retrieve the last name from the form input, • accesses the signup database for the record • return a web page in a table format with all the record with last name matching the input. C. Edward Chow Page 12
Response.asp <%@ LANGUAGE = VBScript %> <% ' ON ERROR RESUME NEXT Set Conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") Set RS = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet") Conn.Open “cs401signup" key = Request.Form("LastName") sql="select * from cs401signup where LastName='" & key &"'" RS.open sql,conn,1,1 %> C. Edward Chow Page 13
Response.asp (2) <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> signup response.asp File </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="WHITE"> <center> <% IF RS.RECORDCOUNT = 0 THEN %> <font size="5"><b>No match result</b></font> <% end if %> C. Edward Chow Page 14
Response.asp (3) <table border=3 width=410> <%Do While Not RS.EOF %> <tr> <td width=170 valign=top> <FONT SIZE=4 COLOR=RED><% =rs("LastName") %> </font> </td> <td width=170 valign=top> <FONT SIZE=4 COLOR=RED><% =rs("FirstName") %> </font> </td> <td width=170 valign=top> <FONT SIZE=4 COLOR=RED><% =rs("Address") %> </font> </td> </tr> <% RS.MoveNext Loop %> C. Edward Chow Page 15
Response.asp (4) <% rs.close set conn=nothing %> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML> C. Edward Chow Page 16