Question on exporting data from a database using ASP.

[Brave]

I don't know if this is possible, but I have been amazed at what I have
learned from this group so I will throw it out there.

I have an MS Access database that I connect to through .asp pages. Can
I offer a user of my page the ability to export data from the Access
database (either feeding of a table or a query) to their hardrive in an
Excel format?

If it is possible, I have two followup questions.

1: Can you export in additional formats (Access, Word, Notepad, ...)?

2: Can you do this if connecting to a SQL server?

Thanks.

 

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

I don't know if this is possible, but I have been amazed at what I
have learned from this group so I will throw it out there.

I have an MS Access database that I connect to through .asp pages. Can
I offer a user of my page the ability to export data from the Access
database (either feeding of a table or a query) to their hardrive in
an Excel format?

If it is possible, I have two followup questions.

1: Can you export in additional formats (Access, Word, Notepad, ...)?

2: Can you do this if connecting to a SQL server?

It is possible, but probably not in the fully automated way you are
envisioning. ASP operates in an http environment, which means that it has no
access to a user's hard drive. It will be up to the user to decide if and
where they wish to save any file you send to them. To see what I'm talking
about, put an excel file in one of your websites and browse to it. See the
prompts? There is no way to eliminate those prompts.

The other consideration is file size. You will probably want to limit the
size of the file to be streamed to the client.

The approach you will likely take is to set the Response.ContentType to the
appropriate mime setting, open a recordset and write its contents to
Response. These articles can get you started:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/199841/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288130/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270906/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260239/

 

[Brave]

Thanks so much for taking the time.

envisioning. ASP operates in an http environment, which means that it has no
access to a user's hard drive. It will be up to the user to decide if and
where they wish to save any file you send to them. To see what I'm talking
about, put an excel file in one of your websites and browse to it. See the
prompts? There is no way to eliminate those prompts.

The other consideration is file size. You will probably want to limit the
size of the file to be streamed to the client.

The approach you will likely take is to set the Response.ContentType to the
appropriate mime setting, open a recordset and write its contents to
Response. These articles can get you started:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/199841/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288130/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270906/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260239/

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