DHTML and databases

[DGW]

If you have a Microsoft access Database stored on the server is it possible
to send a query to the database from a DHTML page? If so how? If not what´s
the best way to do something like this?

Many thanks
dave

[shobha]

you have to use server side script like ASP to query the database..

bye
shobha


"DGW" <dgw567@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>If you have a Microsoft access Database stored on the server is it possible
>to send a query to the database from a DHTML page? If so how? If not what´s
>the best way to do something like this?
>
>Many thanks
>dave
>
>

[Steve Berzins]

It has to run on the server, but you could use Remote Scripting to make the
call from the client...using this, your web app starts to work like a 'real'
client server app, you don't have to submit a form, or click a url, but can
use script to call a method on the server that returns the results to the
client without leaving the page they are on...I think the amount of data you
can send back and forth is pretty limited though, and can only be strings,
maybe that has changed with newer versions of scripting, but it used to be
strings only.

If you need to send and get lots of data, look at XMLHTTP it will handle
about as much data as you would ever care to send over the wire.

Steve
"DGW" <dgw567@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:3ad20a9f$1@news.devx.com...
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> If you have a Microsoft access Database stored on the server is it
possible
> to send a query to the database from a DHTML page? If so how? If not
what´s
> the best way to do something like this?
>
> Many thanks
> dave
>
>

[Scott Taylor]

You may want to consider RDS if you are IE only browser. The Remote Scripting
is also a good alternative, just try to limit it to small recordsets or one
record at a time. The XMHttp is also good, but you may also be limited currently
to IE with it.

Thanks
Scott

"DGW" <dgw567@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>If you have a Microsoft access Database stored on the server is it possible
>to send a query to the database from a DHTML page? If so how? If not what´s
>the best way to do something like this?
>
>Many thanks
>dave
>
>