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update multiple records at once! please help me out!

Here is the problem:

When using the repeat region on dreamweaver, It wont allow me to update multiple record. I can see them, I can edit them, but when I hit submit, nothing happens.

here is my page:
<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>
<!--#include file="Connections/nelson.asp" -->
<%
' *** Edit Operations: declare variables

Dim MM_editAction
Dim MM_abortEdit
Dim MM_editQuery
Dim MM_editCmd

Dim MM_editConnection
Dim MM_editTable
Dim MM_editRedirectUrl
Dim MM_editColumn
Dim MM_recordId

Dim MM_fieldsStr
Dim MM_columnsStr
Dim MM_fields
Dim MM_columns
Dim MM_typeArray
Dim MM_formVal
Dim MM_delim
Dim MM_altVal
Dim MM_emptyVal
Dim MM_i

MM_editAction = CStr(Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME"))
If (Request.QueryString <> "") Then
  MM_editAction = MM_editAction & "?" & Server.HTMLEncode(Request.QueryString)
End If

' boolean to abort record edit
MM_abortEdit = false

' query string to execute
MM_editQuery = ""
%>
<%
' *** Update Record: set variables

If (CStr(Request("MM_update")) = "form1" And CStr(Request("MM_recordId")) <> "") Then

  MM_editConnection = MM_nelson_STRING
  MM_editTable = "dbo.answerstable"
  MM_editColumn = "answersID"
  MM_recordId = "" + Request.Form("MM_recordId") + ""
  MM_editRedirectUrl = "updatecomplete.asp"
  MM_fieldsStr  = "answerstext|value"
  MM_columnsStr = "answers|',none,''"

  ' create the MM_fields and MM_columns arrays
  MM_fields = Split(MM_fieldsStr, "|")
  MM_columns = Split(MM_columnsStr, "|")
 
  ' set the form values
  For MM_i = LBound(MM_fields) To UBound(MM_fields) Step 2
    MM_fields(MM_i+1) = CStr(Request.Form(MM_fields(MM_i)))
  Next

  ' append the query string to the redirect URL
  If (MM_editRedirectUrl <> "" And Request.QueryString <> "") Then
    If (InStr(1, MM_editRedirectUrl, "?", vbTextCompare) = 0 And Request.QueryString <> "") Then
      MM_editRedirectUrl = MM_editRedirectUrl & "?" & Request.QueryString
    Else
      MM_editRedirectUrl = MM_editRedirectUrl & "&" & Request.QueryString
    End If
  End If

End If
%>
<%
' *** Update Record: construct a sql update statement and execute it

If (CStr(Request("MM_update")) <> "" And CStr(Request("MM_recordId")) <> "") Then

  ' create the sql update statement
  MM_editQuery = "update " & MM_editTable & " set "
  For MM_i = LBound(MM_fields) To UBound(MM_fields) Step 2
    MM_formVal = MM_fields(MM_i+1)
    MM_typeArray = Split(MM_columns(MM_i+1),",")
    MM_delim = MM_typeArray(0)
    If (MM_delim = "none") Then MM_delim = ""
    MM_altVal = MM_typeArray(1)
    If (MM_altVal = "none") Then MM_altVal = ""
    MM_emptyVal = MM_typeArray(2)
    If (MM_emptyVal = "none") Then MM_emptyVal = ""
    If (MM_formVal = "") Then
      MM_formVal = MM_emptyVal
    Else
      If (MM_altVal <> "") Then
        MM_formVal = MM_altVal
      ElseIf (MM_delim = "'") Then  ' escape quotes
        MM_formVal = "'" & Replace(MM_formVal,"'","''") & "'"
      Else
        MM_formVal = MM_delim + MM_formVal + MM_delim
      End If
    End If
    If (MM_i <> LBound(MM_fields)) Then
      MM_editQuery = MM_editQuery & ","
    End If
    MM_editQuery = MM_editQuery & MM_columns(MM_i) & " = " & MM_formVal
  Next
  MM_editQuery = MM_editQuery & " where " & MM_editColumn & " = " & MM_recordId

  If (Not MM_abortEdit) Then
    ' execute the update
    Set MM_editCmd = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
    MM_editCmd.ActiveConnection = MM_editConnection
    MM_editCmd.CommandText = MM_editQuery
    MM_editCmd.Execute
    MM_editCmd.ActiveConnection.Close

    If (MM_editRedirectUrl <> "") Then
      Response.Redirect(MM_editRedirectUrl)
    End If
  End If

End If
%>
<%
Dim Recordset1
Dim Recordset1_numRows

Set Recordset1 = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
Recordset1.ActiveConnection = MM_nelson_STRING
Recordset1.Source = "SELECT * FROM dbo.answerstable"
Recordset1.CursorType = 0
Recordset1.CursorLocation = 2
Recordset1.LockType = 1
Recordset1.Open()

Recordset1_numRows = 0
%>
<%
Dim Repeat1__numRows
Dim Repeat1__index

Repeat1__numRows = 20
Repeat1__index = 0
Recordset1_numRows = Recordset1_numRows + Repeat1__numRows
%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="POST" action="<%=MM_editAction%>">
  <table width="100%" border="1">
    <tr>
      <td width="16%">ID</td>
      <td width="84%">Answer</td>
    </tr>
    <%
While ((Repeat1__numRows <> 0) AND (NOT Recordset1.EOF))
%>
      <tr>
        <td><%=(Recordset1.Fields.Item("answersID").Value)%></td>
        <td><label>
          <input name="answerstext" type="text" id="answerstext" value="<%=((Recordset1.Fields.Item("answers").Value))%>" size="120" />
        </label></td>
      </tr>
      <%
  Repeat1__index=Repeat1__index+1
  Repeat1__numRows=Repeat1__numRows-1
  Recordset1.MoveNext()
Wend
%>

    <tr>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" />
      </label></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <input type="hidden" name="MM_update" value="form1">
  <input type="hidden" name="MM_recordId" value="<%= Recordset1.Fields.Item("answersID").Value %>">
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%
Recordset1.Close()
Set Recordset1 = Nothing
%>

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Can someone tell me what i can do to fix this where it will update multiple records at one time???

Please be specific based on my code.

Judson
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Jason C. Levine
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Hi Judson,

The built-in behaviors in DW will not update multiple records at once.  You either need to hand-code this or buy a third-party extension that will write the code for you.

Unfortunately, I don't do ASP, so I can't help you with the code.  Rouchie does and he should be checking this question at some point...

If you want to take a crack at doing it yourself, here are some articles that may help:

http://charon.co.uk/content.aspx?CategoryID=27&ArticleID=41
http://www.drdev.net/article01.htm
http://www.drdev.net/article11.asp

If you want to throw money at the problem:

http://www.felixone.it/
http://www.interaktonline.com/Products/Bundles/Kollection/Features/Details/Edit+multiple+records+at+the+same+time.html?id_ftr=265
Always use this,
    Request.Form("MM_recordId")

instead of this,
    Request("MM_recordId")
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Ok, number one, where would I put this code, and number 2 what if I did use asp.net???

How would I do it then????


Thanks


Judson
The first block replaces the block you have in the code you posted.

To make things simpler and to break the code down, I would get this page to post to a new page rather than back to itself.  So I'd change this:
   <form id="form1" name="form1" method="POST" action="<%=MM_editAction%>">
to this:
   <form id="form1" name="form1" method="POST" action="updatepage.asp">

The second block of code then goes in updatepage.asp, but it will need expanding to include success/failure messages.  If you are unsure of how to do this then it might be best tracking down some lessons on how to write the code yourself, as its a bit of a minefield.

As for ASP.NET, the whole approach to writing pages is different, so there's lots of new things to be aware of.  The 4Guys' tutorials are what I used to start doing this, although you will need to download the .NET framework from microsoft to run ASP.NET on your computer.

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/040502-1.aspx