Making a random ad system

[hallm]

I'm trying to replace a combination javascript & Perl ad system that I'm using now for my website.&nbsp;&nbsp;I need to create something that will search through a table of active ads to display only one of each ad in several locations on one page.&nbsp;&nbsp;To explain we have about 20 advertisers that share space but only space for about 10 ads.&nbsp;&nbsp;The webpage is at <A HREF="

http://www.sabinenews.com"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.sabinenews.com</A>

if you need to see the example. (look at the ads on the right of the screen).&nbsp;&nbsp;How can I have the ASP randomly go through a list of advertisers picking them to display but being sure that they only display one time.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm setting up the database with an ad id, ad name, link location, image location, and active.

 

[docblop]

hi hallm,<br><br>IIS comes with a build in component for that. Use the following code:<br><br><font color=#00ff00>&lt;%<br>Dim adrot<br>Set adrot= Server.CreateObject(&quot;MSWC.AdRotator&quot<br>adrot.Border=0<br>adrot.Clickable=True<br>adrot.TargetFrame=&quot;_new&quot;<br>Response.Write (adrot.getAdvertisement(&quot;adrotfile.txt&quot)<br>%&gt;</font><br><br>For information about how to build up the adrotfile.txt and the redirection page go to <A HREF="

http://www.kamath.com/tutorials/tut006_adrotator.asp"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.kamath.com/tutorials/tut006_adrotator.asp</A><br>