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We may use the SQL INSERT INTO command to add a record to a table in a database.
We want to add a new record to the Customers table in the Northwind database. We first create a form that contains the fields we want to collect data from:
<html> <body> <form method="post" action="demo_add.asp"> <table> <tr> <td>CustomerID:</td> <td><input name="custid"></td> </tr><tr> <td>Company Name:</td> <td><input name="compname"></td> </tr><tr> <td>Contact Name:</td> <td><input name="contname"></td> </tr><tr> <td>Address:</td> <td><input name="address"></td> </tr><tr> <td>City:</td> <td><input name="city"></td> </tr><tr> <td>Postal Code:</td> <td><input name="postcode"></td> </tr><tr> <td>Country:</td> <td><input name="country"></td> </tr> </table> <br /><br /> <input type="submit" value="Add New"> <input type="reset" value="Cancel"> </form> </body> </html> |
When the user presses the submit button the form is sent to a file called "demo_add.asp". The "demo_add.asp" file contains the code that will add a new record to the Customers table:
<html> <body> <% set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" conn.Open "c:/webdata/northwind.mdb" sql="INSERT INTO customers (customerID,companyname," sql=sql & "contactname,address,city,postalcode,country)" sql=sql & " VALUES " sql=sql & "('" & Request.Form("custid") & "'," sql=sql & "'" & Request.Form("compname") & "'," sql=sql & "'" & Request.Form("contname") & "'," sql=sql & "'" & Request.Form("address") & "'," sql=sql & "'" & Request.Form("city") & "'," sql=sql & "'" & Request.Form("postcode") & "'," sql=sql & "'" & Request.Form("country") & "')" on error resume next conn.Execute sql,recaffected if err<>0 then Response.Write("No update permissions!") else Response.Write("<h3>" & recaffected & " record added</h3>") end if conn.close %> </body> </html> |
If you use the SQL INSERT command be aware of the following:
In a MS Access database, you can enter zero-length strings ("") in Text, Hyperlink, and Memo fields IF you set the AllowZeroLength property to Yes.
Note: Not all databases support zero-length strings and may cause an
error when a record with blank fields is added. It is important to check what
data types your database supports.
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