How to display database items

Question

can anyone tell me how to display the selected contents of
the database by using a variable from my form field(like text box
)

Answer 1

Hello Guys!
Sorry forever to get back. Going to throw this up here quick
so I dont time out, but if you need further help post back and I
will help with specific questions.
Using the City, State example. This operation is two fold.
(a) the search page, and (b) the results page.
(a) On your search page you would have two fields. City and
State. Make sure your table that holds these fields are containted
within a form tag. (Insert > Form > Form). Also make sure
your textfields have names. You can click on the textfield to
highlight in design view and change the name from 'textfield' and
'textfield1' to 'city' and 'state'..
Highlight the form tag and in the properties panel where it
says "action" insert the URL/file of your results page. This is the
page that is actually going to display the information, then save
your work.
(b) Open up your results page, and in the bindings panel
click the "+" then select query. In the 'simple' window name your
recordset (example: rsStores) select your connection, then select
the table you desire to display results from. From this window you
can also choose a field to use as an order by. Do not use the
filter!
With this done and 'without' saving yet, click on the
"advanced" tab. You should now see and a simple statement in the
window that looks something like:
SELECT *
FROM Stores (The name 'Stores' will actually be replaced with
your table name)
Below the statement you will see 'parameters' with a + and -.
Hit the plus to add a parameter. For name use varState, for Type
use text, for Value use Request("State") and for default value use
zero. Replicate the process for varCity using Request("City") for
the value. (The requests are the same names as the names you used
to name your fields in the search form). Now go up to the original
statement and edit it to look like this:
SELECT *
FROM Stores WHERE yourfieldname = varState AND WHERE
yourfieldname = varCity
Replace 'yourfieldname' with the actual field name holding
the values. Keep EVERYTHING case sensitive. Testing in design view
will not work because there are no values yet passed. So click ok,
save the page and upload them to server. Test by going to the
search page and submitting the search form.
Hope that helps..!!