Creating a Members Area in ASP

16 Oct 2001 | by | Filed in
Page 2 of 7
  1. Introduction
  2. Preparation
  3. Registration Form
  4. Registration Form (2)
  5. The register.asp Code
  6. The login form
  7. The members area

Preparation

For this example, we are going to use a MS SQL Server database. This doesn't mean you have to, as the SQL statements will work whatever the database; you'll just need to change the connection code.

Before we start writing any ASP code, create a new MS SQL Server database called testdb, and then create a new table in it called members. Add the following columns (we've included both the MS SQL Server, and the Access descriptions)

Name SQL Server Data Type

Access Data Type

Notes
id int (AutoIncrement=True) AutoNumber Primary Key
username varchar (20) Text (FieldSize=20) Unique
password varchar (20) Text (FieldSize=20)  

Now, we'll create a short ASP script that connects to the database. Save it as inc-dbconnection.asp.

inc-dbconnection.asp

<%
Dim objConn

'create an ADO connection object
Set objConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

'open the connection to the database
'sqlservername = the name of the SQL server (if used)
'accessdb = the path to the access db from this script
'username = username to connect to the db
'password = password to connect to the db

'// Use this for SQL Server
objConn.Open "Driver={SQL Server};Server=sqlservername;" & _
    "UID=username;PASSWORD=password;DATABASE=testdb;"

'// Use this for an Access 2000 database
objConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & Server.MapPath("accessdb")

'// Use this for an Access database (earlier than 2000)
objConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.3.51;Data Source=" & Server.MapPath("accessdb")

'we are now connected to the database
%>

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