ASP

Grabbing Data On The Fly

When we're querying a database, we will usually need to press a submit button on a form to pass data to another ASP page, which would generate the query, and return the results. In some situations, this page refresh is just plain annoying and takes too long to complete. In this article, Phanix will describe another way to query a database using a combination of web technologies.

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By: Phanix Chen

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December 08, 2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

· Grabbing Data On The Fly
· Some methods for passing data around
· Using frames to solve the refresh problem
· Query and return
· The processframe.asp page
· Conclusion

Grabbing Data On The Fly
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When we’re querying a database, we will usually need to press a submit button on a form to pass data to another ASP page, which would generate the query, and return the results. In some situations, this page refresh is just plain annoying and takes too long to complete. In this article, I will describe another way to query a database using a combination of web technologies.

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