FP98: How to Search Using LIKE In SQL Statement For IDC or ASP (194677)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q194677 For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 205231.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 190621.
SUMMARY
This article describes how to search a database using the LIKE parameter in
a Structured Query Language (SQL) statement in either the Internet Database
Connector (IDC) Wizard or the Database Region Wizard of FrontPage.
This article assumes you have a basic knowledge of how to query a database
using Active Server Pages (ASP), Internet Database Connector (IDC) or
Hypertext Markup Language Extension (HTX) technologies in FrontPage.
For additional information about database connectivity with ASP or IDC/HTX,
please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
180405 FP98: Sample ASP Wizard Available for Download
175770 FP98: How to Post Information to a Database Using ASP
174407 FP98: How to Create IDC/HTX Files in FrontPage 98
161155 FP97: How to Make a Web Page Display Data from a Database
MORE INFORMATION
When used in a search, the LIKE parameter generates a result set based on a
minimum amount of information typed into the form field of a HyperText
Markup Language (HTML) form. For example, if you type "mic" (without the
quotation marks) in the form field, the results may include Microsoft,
microphone, microwave, and so forth.
To use the LIKE parameter in a SQL statement in FrontPage, start the IDC
wizard or the Database Region Wizard, and use the following syntax in the
SQL statement
SELECT * FROM <Table Name> WHERE <Database Field> LIKE '%%%<HTML
Field>%%%'
where <Table Name> is the name of a table in the database, <Database
Field> is a field in that table, and <HTML Field> is the name of an HTML
form field on an HTML document (usually a text box).
The extra percentage signs around the HTML form field name act as wild
cards so that the LIKE string can match multiple records. For example, if
you entered this SQL code
SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE Email Like '%%%Email%%%'
And type volcano in the form field, all
records that contain volcano.com in the email field are returned.
NOTE: This example works with the Volcano.mdb file that is included with
the ASP sample Web. For additional information please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
180405 FP98: Sample ASP Wizard Available for Download
If you use this query and the form field is blank when you submit the form,
all records in the database will be returned. However, you can require that
a value be entered before the form is submitted by using form field
validation.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/3/2001 |
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Keywords: | kbinfo KB194677 |
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