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Updating Record in a DB using ASP

Asked by: ALeef

I am trying to give customers access to their acocunt information using ASP.  For instance, once they login, they can change their password.  I know once I pull a record ID I can update it using rs.Update - but how can I pull the record by Username or something instead of a recordID?

This would also be used to let a company administrator change the shipping or billing address of their own company, while not being able to access any info about other companies.  A SysOP would be able to change the info of any of the companies etc...  

So - I need to pull a record based on a field value not a record ID, display it in a form of some sort that the user can change it, then Update the record once they hit submit.

Let me know if you need more info.  Currently I have Access Level set in a Session variable, and the ASP displays options based on that Level.
I am open to ALL options that would make this easier/more secure.  
 

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2003-07-09 at 11:18:26ID20673443
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Answers

 

by: awiincPosted on 2003-07-09 at 11:24:48ID: 8887625

You can basically do the same thing with usernames as you can with recordID as long as you don't allow duplicates.  Suggest using emails as usernames...these are always unique.

 

by: canehdienPosted on 2003-07-09 at 11:25:54ID: 8887637

updating password would be a form with username, old password, newpassword..  when submitting the form action is this page..

dim UpdatePasswordCon
Set UpdatePasswordCon = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
UpdatePasswordCon.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=*.mdb;Persist Security Info=False"
UpdatePasswordCon.Open
                   
set rsUpdatePassword = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rsUpdatePassword.ActiveConnection = UpdatePasswordCon
                   
dim sqlUpdatePassword
sqlUpdatePassword = "SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE login='"& Request.Form("login") &"' AND password='"& Request.Form("password") &"'"
rsUpdatePassword.CursorType = 2
rsUpdatePassword.LockType = 3
rsUpdatePassword.Open sqlUpdatePassword

if rsUpdatePassword.EOF then
response.write "invalid username or password"
else
            rsUpdatePassword.Fields("password") = Request.Form("newpassword")
      rsUpdatePassword.Update
end if

 

by: canehdienPosted on 2003-07-09 at 11:27:24ID: 8887651

for company info, once they login save their recordid to session and still refer to them that way when updating data

 

by: KenAdneyPosted on 2003-07-09 at 11:28:03ID: 8887658

You should be able to open the db based on any fields value.  For instance:

enter name: <input type="text" name="username">

username=request.form("username")
IF username <> "" THEN
sql = ("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" & username &"'")

of course, remember that folks can be terribly inconsistent (i.e. Bob Smith; Robert Smith; Smith, Bob; Rob't Smith; etc.)

 

by: ALeefPosted on 2003-07-09 at 11:36:33ID: 8887729

Don't I need a recordID though?  I can certainly do a query to the DB to pull a person's info back (or a company's info) and store it in a rs.   There would only be one record becuase I am using unique customer numbers for the companies, and unique userID's for people.  Once I have the info in a rs, can i just write it to a form and then let them change what they want, using text boxes, then submit it all again?  assuming i am pulling: (for simplicity's sake)

Comapny name
Company address
Company contact name  

what should my form look like to display that in text boxes?  and what should my submit button do?  send it to a new ASP page that requests all the form variables>  or have it run a function that builds a Update string?  Thanks so far for the help

 

by: canehdienPosted on 2003-07-09 at 11:43:33ID: 8887788

ok, company info..  person logs in with username and password, when they click submit it goes to a page that has this..

 dim myConn
 Set myConn = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
 myConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=*.mdb;Persist Security Info=False"
 myConn.Open
                           
 set rs = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
 rs.ActiveConnection = myConn
 dim sql
 sql = "SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE login='" & Request.Form("login") & "' AND password='" & Request.Form("password") & "'"
 rs.Open sql

If not rs.EOF then
      Session("custid") = rs("custid")
      Session.TimeOut = 999
      response.redirect "form.asp"      
else
      "invalid username or password"
end if

myConn.Close()
Set myConn = nothing
Set rs = nothing

once there are on form.asp you can retrieve their id from Session("custid"), so when they submit a form with <form action="update.asp" method=POST> you can say SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE recordid=Session("custid") and update information based on that

 

by: ALeefPosted on 2003-07-10 at 12:33:13ID: 8896010

AHH!!! *lightbulb*  I get it!  Thanks.  -Andy

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