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This article by James Shaw demonstrates how to dynamically add properties to an object (expando properties) - by implementing a function to create named recordsets.

In this first article of the ASPHoleTools series, you will be shown the basics for data access. Covers how to create the basic include file for database access, and testing that data access was installed properly on your machine.

It is possible to store images in a database using a number of third party tools or a custom built component. Once you have the images stored in your database, however, displaying them requires the use of a simple ASP page. This tutorial explains how to retrieve images from a database table and use them in an HTML page.

By centralizing database code within ActiveX DLL's, you can simplify your development efforts, and decrease the learning curve for new developers. This article explains how to create a Visual Basic ActiveX DLL that controls database functionality.

This is an overview of SYSTEM DSN's, DSN-LESS Connections, and any database permissions that may need to be set on the server. Helpful for people just learning ASP as well as people with some experience.

This article shows how to publish and distribute Microsoft Access reports on the web using ASP.

This article provides sample source code for a user query parser which allows users to submit full-text search queries from ASP to SQL Server 2000. Full source code available for download.

A discussion of how to use null values effectively in your database tables. Includes a discussion of the logic behind nulls and some practical programming techniques.

This article presents three modular routines to access and fetch data easier with ASP. Topics include: Fetching a Recordset, An alternative to the GetConnectedRecordSet function that opens a connection, fetches a recordset, and immediately closes the connection, and Utilities for Creating Valid SQL Statements.

This is an example code showing how to conduct searches on a database to display hyperlinked summaries that can be clicked on to display detail data.

This article explains ADO connection strings and parameters. By the end of the article you should be able to build appropriate ones on your own instead of cutting and pasting them.

The author writes "CoverYourASP's original database administration tool didn't look for foreign keys, and just displayed a confusing list of primary key values. Now, it's been improved with automatically generated list boxes." This tutorial explains how to turn those foreign keys into list boxes automatically.

This article shows you how to use SQL-DMO to create an Active Server Pages application to backup and verify a SQL Server database. The SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) extend the functionality of SQL Server by providing developers a way to execute common tasks.

This article covers two advanced ADO topics: creating hierarchical Recordsets (via data shaping) and creating custom Recordsets. Specifically, this article looks at how to create custom hierarchical Recordsets. The reader is required to have a fluid understanding of both data shaping and custom Recordsets.

This is a quick sample code which combines a number of database functions into one script. Includes functions to add, delete, and edit records in a database table. It illustrates a number of useful techniques for database manipulation.

AddCriteria is a small function that simplifies the code needed to produce a SQL query from a set of optional criteria posted by a user. This article explains how to use this function.

This article describes how to use the refresh method of the ADO Parameters collection to interrogate a stored procedure. It shows how to create the code in an automated fashion for use in VBScript connecting to MS SQL Server 7.

This example shows how to get a list of all current tables in the database, get a list of dependent stored procedures for each table and do it all in a stored procedure.

This article covers rarely discussed feature of ADO Recordsets, disconnected Recordsets. It examines what disconnected Recordsets are, how to use them, and what advantages they offer over connected Recordsets. Also examines how to create custom, disconnected Recordsets.

This article explains a solution on how to increase the performance of your ASP pages that rely on gathering data through several different Recordsets. Specially, using a nifty feature of the ADO Recordset object, Multiple Recordsets, you can store multiple SQL query results in one Recordset object, requiring fewer communications with the database.