Accessing Access databases in JavaScript?

[greenber]

I have a front end written using classic ASP. One of its elements is a select/option drop-down menu using Onchange. As such the user will scroll through a bunch of database records, no problem at all using ASP. When the Onchange fires it causes a function, a *JavaScript* function, in the header to be executed. I have no problem constructing the appropriate SQL statement in the form of
"select * where ID=value"

How do I open the desired database (XYZ.MDB, for example) and execute the constructed SQL upon it, all in JavaScript?

(Oh, the database resides on a remote server, protected by a userID/password)

 

[MakeItSo]

Short answer: not at all.
JS is executed in the browser, i.e. client-side, and has therefore no access to your server-side database.
Database calls must be done in your ASP part.

Intermediate answer: Take a look at this:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629569/dependent-combo-in-classic-asp-and-ajax

Long answer: does it have to be _classic_ ASP?
You might want to look into ASP.Net, maybe even MVC, use AJAX, and live a safer, less stressful life.

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[MakeItSo]

P.S: Seeing as this is about an Access database and classic ASP rather than SQL Server, you better post it here instead:
forum333


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[gmmastros]

This is clearly the wrong forum for this question.

However, from past experience, I know it is possible. You can use javascript with ajax on the client side to access particular pages on the server. Based on parameters passed to the server page (which can be classic ASP), it would return a result to your ajax call on the client side.

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