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Insert into syntax error

I have been trying to insert a new record into an access database and cannot get any of the scripts to work.. I can access the db and pull up/display records but cannot get one added. Please help. (info to be inserted comes from form)
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  1. Inserting Records :
  2. <form action="a.asp" method="post">
  3.     FirstName : <input type="text" name="FirstName"><br>
  4.     LastName : <input type="text" name="LastName"><br>
  5.     Email : <input type="text" name="Email"><br>
  6.     DateTime : <input type="text" name="DateTime"><br>
  7.     RequestDescription : <textarea name="RequestDescription" cols="20" rows="5"></textarea><br>
  8.     Rank : <input type="text" name="Rank"><br>
  9.     PhoneNumber : <input type="text" name="PhoneNumber"><br>
  10.     Section : <input type="text" name="Section"><br>
  11.     BuildingNumber : <input type="text" name="BuildingNumber"><br>
  12.     RoomNumber : <input type="text" name="RoomNumber"><br>
  13.     RequestType : <input type="text" name="RequestType"><br>
  14.  
  15.  
  16.     <input type="submit" value="submit">
  17. </form>
  18.  
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  1.  
  2.  
  3. <%
  4. ' Declaring variables
  5.  
  6.  
  7. Dim DateTime, PhoneNumber, Rank, LastName, FirstName, Section , BuildingNumber, RoomNumber, RequestType, Email, RequestDescription, con, sql_insert
  8.  
  9.  
  10. ' A Function to check if some field entered by user is empty
  11. Function ChkString(string)
  12.     If string = "" Then string = " "
  13.     ChkString = Replace(string, "'", "''")
  14. End Function
  15.  
  16. ' Receiving values from Form
  17. name = ChkString(Request.Form("name"))
  18. email = ChkString(Request.Form("email"))
  19. DateTime = ChkString(Request.Form("DateTime"))
  20. PhoneNumber = ChkString(Request.Form("PhoneNumber"))
  21. Rank = ChkString(Request.Form("Rank"))
  22. LastName = ChkString(Request.Form("LastName"))
  23. FirstName = ChkString(Request.Form("Section"))
  24. BuildingNumber = ChkString(Request.Form("BuildingNumber"))
  25. RequestType = ChkString(Request.Form("RequestType"))
  26. RequestDescription = ChkString(Request.Form("Request Description"))
  27.  
  28. data_source = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=" & _ 
  29. Server.MapPath("wots.mdb")
  30. sql_insert = ("INSERT INTO MasterTable ( Email, DateTime, PhoneNumber, Rank, LastName, FirstName, Section, BuildingNumber,  RequestType, RequestDescription) VALUES ('" & email & "', '" & DateTime & "', '" & PhoneNumber & "', '"& Rank &"' '"& LastName &"', '" & FirstName &"', '" & Section &"' '" & BuildingNumber &"' '" & RequestType & "' '" & RequestDescription &"' )")
  31.  
  32. ' Creating Connection Object and opening the database
  33. Set con = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
  34. con.Open data_source
  35. con.Execute sql_insert
  36.  
  37. ' Done. Close the connection
  38. con.Close
  39. Set con = Nothing
  40. %>
  41.  
  42.  
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Aug 17 '07 #1
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damonreid
114 Expert 100+
If you place code tags around this it will be much easier to use.

Also what version of windows/access are you running?
Aug 17 '07 #2
MS access 2002 sp3 is on the server, MS access 2003 sp2 was used to create the DB

Server 2003
Aug 17 '07 #3

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