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9.0

Check if record exists before insert function or procedure.

Asked by philosullivan in Active Server Pages (ASP)

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Hi,
I'm looking for a function that retuns True(1) or False(0) if a record allready exists in a database .I'd like to use it to catch duplicates. before a new record is posted.
Also how it would be used when posting a new record.
PS if there is a better or easier way i'm all ears!
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<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%>
<%
'see if item exists BEFORE trying to insert into database
Function itemExists()
 Dim qSQL
 Dim conn
 Dim rs
 Dim totalrecs
 Dim result
    
	'inittize totalrecs
	totalrecs=0
	'initialize result
	result=""
  
	Set conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
	Set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet")
    
	'open database connection
	conn.Open "test"
	
	'query here
	qSql ="SELECT Count(*) as reccount FROM tbltest"  + " WHERE fldtest=" + "'" + "Apple" + "'"
	
	'execute query here
	Set rs = Conn.Execute(qSQL)
	
    'assign record count to totalrecs 
	totalrecs = rs("reccount")
	'debug
	'response.Write(cint(totalrecs))
	
	
	if cint(totalrecs) > 0 then
	 'debug
	 'response.write("True")
	 result=True
	 end if
	if cint(totalrecs) = 0 then
	 'debug
	 'response.write("False")
	 result=False
	 end if	 
 
' Close the Recordset object and destroy it
	rs.Close
	Set Rs = Nothing
	conn.Close
	Set Conn = Nothing
	
 itemexists=result
 
 'debug
 response.Write("<br>")
 response.Write(itemexists)
End Function
%>
 
<%
'insert record here
 
%>
 
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
 
<body>
<p><a href="<%=Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME")%>?teststuff=1">Click Me</a>
  <%
teststuff = Request.QueryString("teststuff")
 
	If teststuff = 1 Then
		Call itemexists
	End If
%>
</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</body>
 
</html>
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Solution Provided By: R_Harrison
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