Question

Pass Checkbox Value to SQL

Asked by: chrisryhal

I need some help.  Never did this before with a check box.  Can some please show me how to pass the value of "1" to SQL if checked and "0" if not checked.

I am able to do it with textboxes:

If Not IsNull(txtEntryPerson.Text) Then
        rsData.Fields("EntryPerson") = txtEntryPerson.Text
    Else
        rsData.Fields("EntryPerson") = z
    End If

but not sure about checkboxes.

Thanks

This Question has been solved and asker verified All Experts Exchange premium technology solutions are available to subscription members.

Subscribe now for full access to Experts Exchange and get

Instant Access to this Solution

  • Plus...
  • 30 Day FREE access, no risk, no obligation
  • Collaborate with the world's top tech experts
  • Unlimited access to our exclusive solution database
  • Never be left without tech help again

Subscribe Now

Asked On
2005-01-07 at 07:30:50ID21265632
Tags

sql

,

checkbox

,

value

Topic

Visual Basic Programming

Participating Experts
6
Points
500
Comments
17

Trusted by hundreds of thousands everyday for fast, accurate and reliable tech support.

  • "The time we save is the biggest benefit of Experts Exchange to Warner Bros. What could take multiple guys 2 hours or more each to find is accessed in around 15 minutes on Experts Exchange." Mike Kapnisakis, Warner Bros.
  • "Our team likes having a resource that is more secure than just using Google and most experts using this service really know their stuff. It's nice to look here first versus using Google." Dayna Sellner, Lockheed Martin
  • "Anytime that I've been stumped with a problem, 9 out of 10 times Experts Exchange has either the accepted solution or an open discussion of the potential solution to the problem." Kenny Red, eBay Inc.

See what Experts Exchange can do for you.

Got a question?

We've got the answer.

Experts Exchange has been collecting answers to technology questions since 1996…3 million and counting! If you have a question, chances are we already have your answer.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Need individual assistance?

Our experts are ready to help.

If you can't find the exact answer you're looking for, ask our exclusive community of 50,000 experts. You’ll get a personalized answer from a trusted professional.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Want to learn from the best?

Read articles from industry experts.

Thousands of free tech tips, tricks, how-to’s and tutorials are available in our peer reviewed articles section. See for yourself how smart our experts are, no login required.

Screenshot of an Article

Working on a long term project?

Store your work and research.

Save solutions to your questions, answers you’ve discovered through searching plus helpful articles in your personal knowledgebase for easy future access.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Access the answers to your technology questions today.

Subscribe Now

30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.

What Makes Experts Exchange Unique?

Members of the expert community talk about why the experience at Experts Exchange is different than what you will find anywhere else.

Trusted by the world's most respected brands.

image of each brand's logo

Faithfully serving IT professionals since 1996.

Experts Exchange Logo

Try it out and discover for yourself.

Subscribe Now

30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.

Related Solutions

  1. CheckBoxes
    I am looking to populate checkboxes when a certain checkbox is checked. For example, if the "Group1 Programs" is checked then I want the "Program 1" and "Program 2" boxes checked and disabled. If this is checked <input type="checkbox&q...
  2. checkbox
    Can someone please help me with the code below? When I do a request.form from the HTML Page, the fields that I want updated, don't get updated. HTML Page: <input name="civ" type="checkbox" id="civ" value="Civilian"> Civili...
  3. Dynamic CheckBoxes and TextBoxes
    Problem Description : I have Test types in SQL database. For example Table name :- tableTest ( testID, TestDesc) Data in tableTest 100 - Test 1, 200 - Test 2, 300 - Test 3, 400 - Test 4 and so on...... Where 100,200 etc are testID and Test1, Test2 etc are testDesc I am sho...

Free Tech Articles

  1. WARNING: 5 Reasons why you should NEVER fix a computer for free.
    It is in our nature to love the puzzle. We are obsessed. The lot of us. We love puzzles. We love the challenge. We thrive on finding the answer. We hate disarray. It bothers us deep in our soul. W...
  2. SCCM OSD Basic troubleshooting
    SCCM 2007 OSD is a fantastic way to deploy operating systems, however, like most things SCCM issues can sometimes be difficult to resolve due to the sheer volume of logs to sift through and the dispe...
  3. Migrate Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2010 and Windows 2008 R2
    This guide is intended to provide step by step instructions on how to migrate from Small Business Server 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010. For this migration to work you will need the fo...
  4. Create a Win7 Gadget
    This article shows you how to create a simple "Gadget" -- a sort of mini-application supported by Windows 7 and Vista. Gadgets can be dropped anywhere on the desktop to provide instant information, ...
  5. Outlook continually prompting for username and password
    There have been a lot of questions recently regarding Outlook prompting for a username and password whilst using Exchange 2007. There are a few reasons why this would happen and I will try to cover t...
  6. Backup Exchange 2010 Information Store using Windows Backup
    There seems to be quite a lot of confusion around the ability to backup Exchange 2010 using the built in Windows Backup feature. This stems from the omission of this feature prior to Exchange 2007 s...

Cloud Class Webinars

  1. Avoiding Bugs in Microsoft Access
    Alison Balter takes and in-depth look at avoiding bugs in Access. In this webinar you will learn about using the immediate window to debug your applications, invoking the debugger, using breakpoints to troubleshoot, stepping through code, setting the next statement to execute, ...
  2. Top 10 Best New Features in Visio 2010
    Scott Helmers gives live demonstrations of the top 10 new features in Visio 2010. This webinar will teach you how to create compelling diagrams by adding shapes to the page with a single click, linking the shapes in a diagram to data in Excel (or SQL Server, or SharePoint), ...
  3. IT Consultant Business Secrets Revealed
    Michael Munger, Experts Exchange tech pro and IT consultant, pulls back the curtain on his very successful businesses and answers question on every IT consultant and business owner should know about. He shares secrets on what he did to solve the 5 most common problems in IT, ...
  4. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
    Quest CTO, Mike Billon, gives an overview of the steps involved in building a dunamic disaster recovery plan. Through case studies and an examination of software/hardware tooles for monitoring and testing, you'll gain a better understandin of where you are, where you want ...
  5. Organize Your Visio Diagrams with Containers and Lists
    Scott Helmers uses cross functional flowcharts, wireframe diagrams, data graphic legends and seating charts to teach you: how to ustilize all three new structured diagram components in Visio 2010, the best practices for organizeing shapes in previous version of Visio, how to organize ...
  6. How to Us Objects, Properties, Events and Methods in Microsoft Access
    Alison Dalter gives an in-depbth look at objects, properties, events and methods in Microsoft Access. In this webinar you will learn about using the object browser, referring to objects, working with properties and methods, working with object variables, understanding the ...

Join the Community

Give a Little. Get a Lot.

Join the community of experts here and help other tech pros by answering question in your area of expertise. You can earn FREE access to all Experts Exchange's premium features and resources.

Join the Community

Answers

 

by: ryancysPosted on 2005-01-07 at 07:44:37ID: 12984289

try:

...
rsData.Fields("myBoolean") = IIF(myCheckbox.Checked = 1, True, False)
...

Where if checked means the boolean value is True for above condition.

Hope this helps

 

by: bkthompson2112Posted on 2005-01-07 at 07:45:57ID: 12984299

Hi chrisryhal,

Use the Value property.

from MSDN:

"The settings for value are:

CheckBox control:  0 is Unchecked (default), 1 is Checked, and 2 is Grayed (dimmed)."


bkt

 

by: ryancysPosted on 2005-01-07 at 07:46:40ID: 12984310

damn.. it should be as:

...
rsData.Fields("myBoolean") = IIF(myCheckbox.Value = 1, True, False)
...

 

by: EDDYKTPosted on 2005-01-07 at 07:47:09ID: 12984317

don't accept this as an answer

rsData.Fields("myBoolean") = IIF(myCheckbox.value = 1, True, False)

 

by: chrisryhalPosted on 2005-01-07 at 07:52:09ID: 12984374

EDDYKT,

Haven't tried it, but if it works, why not.  Could you please submit something to me then.  I appreciate the help

 

by: EDDYKTPosted on 2005-01-07 at 07:56:45ID: 12984417

>>Haven't tried it, but if it works, why not.  Could you please submit something to me then.  I appreciate the help

not sure what you asking for

 

by: ryancysPosted on 2005-01-07 at 07:59:23ID: 12984447

thks for correction, EDDYKT ;-)

 

by: fds_fatboyPosted on 2005-01-07 at 08:01:23ID: 12984465

No need to use IIf
This should be more efficient (if you don't use greyed check boxes)

    rsData.Fields("myBoolean") = myCheckbox.value = vbChecked

 

by: fds_fatboyPosted on 2005-01-07 at 08:03:37ID: 12984493

...

Or this...
    rsData.Fields("myBoolean") = CBool(myCheckbox.value )

 

by: chrisryhalPosted on 2005-01-07 at 10:38:02ID: 12986372

I specifically asked to send a value of 1 if check and 0 if not, and I got nothing related.  FDS_FATBOY, how does  rsData.Fields("myBoolean") = CBool(myCheckbox.value ) send a value to SQL of what I am wanting.

 

by: schworakPosted on 2005-01-07 at 13:46:28ID: 12988473

Check boxes .VALUE property store 0, 1, 2. Radio boxes store TRUE/FALSE

SQL Server and most other database that use a bit flag store 0 for false (or off/no) and 1 for true (or on/yes)

I normally solve this by these two methods (1 for check boxes and 2 for radio buttons)

1) mydatabasefield = abs(mycheckbox.value <> 0)

2) mydatabasefield = abs(myradiobutton.value)


ABS will force the TRUE/FALSE value to be 0 or 1

I also use this when dealing with the registry because I don't want TRUE or FALSE in my registry.

 

by: fds_fatboyPosted on 2005-01-08 at 04:32:27ID: 12991773

>>I specifically asked to send a value of 1 if check and 0 if not, and I got nothing related.  FDS_FATBOY, how does  rsData.Fields("myBoolean") = CBool(myCheckbox.value ) send a value to SQL of what I am wanting.
Well I'm sorry! I was quite busy working. I just misread.

If you are using a BIT (or boolean or Yes/No depending on the RDBMS) type field in your SQL table - as you should, a true or false = 1 or 0. So my solution would work.

If you are using an INT or other numeric, you are storing a boolean value in the wrong data type.

schworak's answer is good, but if (as I suspect) you don't use greyed boxes then this is the most efficient:

    rsData.Fields("myBoolean") = myCheckbox.value

What data type are you storing them in?

 

by: schworakPosted on 2005-01-08 at 13:02:23ID: 12994048

The answer I gave does return 1 if checked 0 if not checked. So what is the problem?

 

by: fds_fatboyPosted on 2005-01-09 at 04:29:51ID: 12996342

>>The answer I gave does return 1 if checked 0 if not checked. So what is the problem?

Nothing - please read what I wrote:

>> schworak's answer is good, but if (as I suspect) you don't use greyed boxes then this is the most efficient:

What I meant was - he already has the value. performing a function on it to get the same value out is (obviously) not as efficient as using the original value. i.e. not performing that function.

 

by: schworakPosted on 2005-01-09 at 06:13:07ID: 12996509

Ah. Now I see what you mean.

I used the function to be more generic and to demonstrate that it also works on radio buttons the ABS function call is super effecient because it simply turns off the negative bit in of the inner value

Another thing about using the ABS function in that way in case no one noticed, you aren't limited to checkboxes or radio buttons. You can use it any place you want a 1 or 0 (zero) returned.

So instead of say using an IF THEN ELSE block you can put your logic in the ABS function.

For example (and way beyond this question but good for theory)

IF somevariable > somevalue THEN
     datafield = 1
ELSE
     datafield = 0
ELSE


using the ABS function it would look like this.

datafield = ABS(somevariable > somevalue)



ABS is very effecient because it simply clears the minus bit of the inner value.

Enjoy!

 

by: fds_fatboyPosted on 2005-01-10 at 06:00:42ID: 13002760

Or similarly:

    datafield = (somevariable > somevalue) And 1

and many more... ;-)

 

by: jkunkPosted on 2005-07-20 at 11:19:34ID: 14487630

In a general sense, boolean values in SQL Server 2000 are represented as bits, numeric 0 or 1.  When I am building a SQL INSERT or UPDATE statement, I need a TRUE value to be represented as "1" and a FALSE value to be represented as "0".  Easiest way to do it in one line is :  dim strBoolean as String = IIF(MyBoolean,"1","0") and then concatenate strBoolean into the SQL string.

20120131-EE-VQP-002

3 Ways to Join

30-Day Free Trial

The Experts

98% positive feedback on 31,087 answers since March 2000. angeliii is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work with MS SQL Server & Develoment.

He has also proven his knowledge of Visual Basic Programming, PHP Scripting and Oracle Databases.

The Experts

97% positive feedback on 10,752 answers since July 2000. lrmoore has more than 18 years experience in the networking industry.

The six-time Mircosoft MVPs specialties include firewalls, virtual private networking, and network management.

Testimonials

"...and excellent source for support... Kind of like having your very own IT dept." Electriciansnet

Testimonials

"I was apprehensive at signing up at first. However... it has already made my life as an IT administrator much easier." JaCrews

Testimonials

"WOW! You guys have great, active, and knowledgeable people on here." moore50

Business Clients

Business Clients

In the Press

"If you’ve got a question... Experts Exchange can supply an answer.”

In the Press

"...an invaluable aid for both IT professionals and those who require tech support."

In the Press

"where IT professionals provide quick answers on just about any topic"

Business Account Plans

Loading Advertisement...