thanks to everyone that helped, unfortunately the code samples people gave me don't work. here is what i have so far:
<%
Dim oConn, oRS, randNum
Randomize()
randNum = (CInt(1000 * Rnd) + 1) * -1
Set oConn=Server.Cr eateObject("ADO DB.Connection")
Set oRS=Server.Crea teObject("ADODB .recordset")
oConn.Provider= "Microsoft.Jet. OLEDB.4.0"
oConn.Open Server.MapPath( "temp.mdb")
oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, r = Rnd(" & randNum & ") FROM TABLE1 ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
Response.Write oRS("EMAIL_ADDR ESS")
oRS.close
oConn.close
Set oConn = nothing
Set oRS = nothing
%>
this gives the error: "No value given for one or more required parameters".
what i would really LOVE is for someone to fill in whatever required parameter im missing, but more important i would like to understand whats going on. there are people who go through life dumb and happy once something "works", but i need to understand how and why its working. even if this code did work, im confused with the SELECT statement (no, i dont have much SQL experience aside from basic queries). what is the "r = Rnd" line doing in the middle of the querie? how am i ordering by r?? also, i dont have an indexed, primary "ID" field in this databae. is that ok for this code to work?
thank you for your help
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>oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, r = Rnd(" & randNum & ") FROM
>TABLE1 ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
Do you have adovbs.inc included? Otherwise, where are adOpenStatic and
adLockReadyOnly defined?
How about
Set oRS = oConn.Execute(" SELECT ... ORDER BY r")
what is the "r = Rnd" line doing in the middle of the querie?
It's generating a new random number within Access, seeded by the one you
created in the ASP code.
how am i ordering by r??
You're applying a random number to each row. TOP 1 ... ORDER BY r will give
you whatever row happened to get the lowest random number. If you don't use
ORDER BY, then you will likely get the same row over and over again.
A
ok so...
is there a difference in the way you open the recordset, with the Execute
statement and the way i do it with oRS.Open? will they both accomplish the
same thing for the purpose of this piece of code?
yes i do include adovbs.inc
and im still confused.... what is wrong with the statement as i have it
right here:
oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, r = Rnd(" & randNum & ") FROM TABLE1
ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
it seems like just what youre doing, but it doesnt work.
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartr eb.noraawrote in message
news:us******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP03.phx.gbl...
>>oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, r = Rnd(" & randNum & ") FROM
TABLE1 ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
Do you have adovbs.inc included? Otherwise, where are adOpenStatic and
adLockReadyOnly defined?
How about
Set oRS = oConn.Execute(" SELECT ... ORDER BY r")
>what is the "r = Rnd" line doing in the middle of the querie?
It's generating a new random number within Access, seeded by the one you
created in the ASP code.
>how am i ordering by r??
You're applying a random number to each row. TOP 1 ... ORDER BY r will
give you whatever row happened to get the lowest random number. If you
don't use ORDER BY, then you will likely get the same row over and over
again.
A
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Jimmy wrote:
is there a difference in the way you open the recordset,
with the Execute statement and the way i do it with
oRS.Open?
Yes. His method is more readable, and reflects an understanding that you
don't ever want to find yourself worrying about which cursor to use because
you ought not be using anything but the static forward readonly type in a
stateless application anyway.
will they both accomplish the same thing for the purpose
of this piece of code?
Yes, and so would 100 million other things. Aaron is offering you a best
practice based on years of experience working with ASP and ADO. He has a
whole site full of valuable information for ASP developers, both new and
experienced.
and im still confused.... what is wrong with the statement as i have
it right here:
oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, r = Rnd(" & randNum & ") FROM
TABLE1 ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
it seems like just what youre doing, but it doesnt work.
You didn't answer Aaron's question. What is r=Rnd() doing in the middle of
your SQL query?
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that was MY question.
and i still dont have this working :(
anyone?
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[please don't toppost on USENET]
Jimmy wrote:
>is there a difference in the way you open the recordset,
with the Execute statement and the way i do it with
oRS.Open?
Yes. His method is more readable, and reflects an understanding that you
don't ever want to find yourself worrying about which cursor to use
because you ought not be using anything but the static forward readonly
type in a stateless application anyway.
>will they both accomplish the same thing for the purpose
of this piece of code?
Yes, and so would 100 million other things. Aaron is offering you a best
practice based on years of experience working with ASP and ADO. He has a
whole site full of valuable information for ASP developers, both new and
experienced.
>and im still confused.... what is wrong with the statement as i have
it right here:
oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, r = Rnd(" & randNum & ") FROM
TABLE1 ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
it seems like just what youre doing, but it doesnt work.
You didn't answer Aaron's question. What is r=Rnd() doing in the middle of
your SQL query?
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and i still dont have this working :(
No, it hat true?
Don't you know that topposting is frowned upon by many?
Because I like topposting.
Why don't you change to a more aggreable way of posting?
Because I toppost.
Why cann't others easily follow your thread?
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Jimmy wrote on 10 sep 2006 in microsoft.publi c.inetserver.as p.general:
>and i still dont have this working :(
No, it hat true?
Don't you know that topposting is frowned upon by many?
Because I like topposting.
Why don't you change to a more aggreable way of posting?
Because I toppost.
Why cann't others easily follow your thread?
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>Jimmy wrote on 10 sep 2006 in microsoft.publi c.inetserver.as p.general:
>>and i still dont have this working :(
No, it hat true?
Don't you know that topposting is frowned upon by many?
Because I like topposting.
Why don't you change to a more aggreable way of posting?
Because I toppost.
Why cann't others easily follow your thread?
[topposting corrected]
what the hell are you talking about?
Please reread, and be polite, hgive a name.
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"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
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ok so...
is there a difference in the way you open the recordset, with the Execute
statement and the way i do it with oRS.Open? will they both accomplish the
same thing for the purpose of this piece of code?
yes i do include adovbs.inc
and im still confused.... what is wrong with the statement as i have it
right here:
oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, r = Rnd(" & randNum & ") FROM TABLE1
ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
it seems like just what youre doing, but it doesnt work.
Did you mean:-
oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, Rnd(" & randNum & ") As r FROM TABLE1
ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
??
>
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartr eb.noraawrote in
message
news:us******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP03.phx.gbl...
>oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, r = Rnd(" & randNum & ") FROM
TABLE1 ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
Do you have adovbs.inc included? Otherwise, where are adOpenStatic and
adLockReadyOnly defined?
How about
Set oRS = oConn.Execute(" SELECT ... ORDER BY r")
what is the "r = Rnd" line doing in the middle of the querie?
It's generating a new random number within Access, seeded by the one you
created in the ASP code.
how am i ordering by r??
You're applying a random number to each row. TOP 1 ... ORDER BY r will
give you whatever row happened to get the lowest random number. If you
don't use ORDER BY, then you will likely get the same row over and over
again.
A
Anthony Jones wrote:
"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
news:uk******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP05.phx.gbl...
>ok so...
is there a difference in the way you open the recordset, with the
Execute statement and the way i do it with oRS.Open? will they both
accomplish the same thing for the purpose of this piece of code?
yes i do include adovbs.inc
and im still confused.... what is wrong with the statement as i have
it right here:
oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, r = Rnd(" & randNum & ") FROM
TABLE1 ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
it seems like just what youre doing, but it doesnt work.
Did you mean:-
oRS.Open "SELECT TOP 1 EMAIL_ADDRESS, Rnd(" & randNum & ") As r FROM
TABLE1 ORDER BY r", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
You are not allowed to order by a column alias in JetSQL. However, you can
order by the ordinal position of a column:
TABLE1 ORDER BY 2", oConn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly
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