Recors no randomising on web page (With Access db)

Hi Andy.
So if I understand you correctly, your database query works, right? So why not just simply run the query from your website?

Assuming you are using ASP, the code would be something like this:
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'name of the database query  
sql = "MyQuery"
'connectionstring
conn = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source="C:\MyWebsite\MyDatabase.mdb;"
'create a recordset
set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs.Open sql,conn

'...do whatever you want with the data

'close the recordset
rs.close
set rs=nothing
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Regards,
John

Hi John

This is exactly what I'm doing, the sql runs and returns randomised records, and each time I rerun the query I get a differtent order, but when run from the web page they always return in the same order no matter what I do (I've even appended the data and time to the url so the can be no caching and still I get the same order.

I'm using ASP (Classic) and just looping trhough the records and displaying them.
Strange eh!

ANdy

Very strange indeed. How do you call the query in your ASP pages? May I see some of your code?

Hi John

Here is the code


<!--#include file="../../Connections/adovbs.inc" -->
<!--#include file="../../Connections/DataConn.asp"-->

<%            

'Anti cache
response.expires = 0
response.ExpiresAbsolute = Now() -1
response.addheader "pragma", "no-cache"
response.addheader "cache-control","private"
response.CacheControl = "no-cache"


intCountyID = request.querystring("County")
intServiceID = request.querystring("Service")
            
            'Local Recordset
            sql = "SELECT tblCompanies.CompanyID, tblServiceType.CategoryID, tblCompanies.CompanyName, tblCompanies.ContactName, tblCompanies.Address1, tblCompanies.Address2, tblCompanies.Town, tblCompanies.PostCode, tblCompanies.Coverage, tblCompanies.Email, tblCompanies.Website, tblCompanies.Telephone, tblCompanies.JoiningDate, tblCompanies.PromoText, tblCompanies.Imagepath, tblCompanies.Notes, tblCounty.CountyName, tblServiceType.Servicetype, tbllevel.LevelID, tbllevel.LevelName, tblCompanies.RankingSeed "
            sql = sql & "FROM tblServiceType INNER JOIN (tblCounty INNER JOIN (((tbllevel INNER JOIN tblCompanies ON tbllevel.LevelID = tblCompanies.LevelID) INNER JOIN tblCountyXref ON tblCompanies.CompanyID = tblCountyXref.CompanyID) INNER JOIN tblServiceXRef ON tblCompanies.CompanyID = tblServiceXRef.CompanyID) ON tblCounty.CountyID = tblCountyXref.CountyID) ON tblServiceType.ServicetypeID = tblServiceXRef.ServiceTypeID "
            sql = sql & "WHERE (((tblCompanies.Live)=True) AND ((tblCounty.CountyID)=" & intCountyID & ") AND ((tblServiceType.ServicetypeID)= " & intServiceID & ")) "
            sql = sql & "ORDER BY  Rnd([tblCompanies.CompanyID]); "            
            
            response.write sql
            set rstLocalServices = server.createobject("adodb.recordset")
               rstLocalServices.open sql, WD_Conn,adopenKeyset


this is my connection

      set WD_Conn= Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
      DSNLessConn="DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; "
      'DSNLessConn=DSNLessConn & "DBQ= c:\user\database\system.mdb"
      DSNLessConn=DSNLessConn & "DBQ=" & server.mappath("..\..\Database\Wedding.mdb")
      WD_Conn.Open DSNLessConn

to display I'm just using movenext & loop.

Andy

Ok, so you are in fact using the sql written in ASP. Try to call the Access query from ASP instead.  

Change this line:
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rstLocalServices.open sql, WD_Conn,adopenKeyset
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To something like this:
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rstLocalServices.open "MyQuery", WD_Conn,adopenKeyset
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...and you will get all the fields from your Access query instead. See what I mean?

OK, how do I pass the 2 parameters in?

This seems a lot of work for 125 points. :-)

Andy

This has something to do with using Randomize, but I still cant make it work. It's because the Rnd() is inside the SQL, so I'd have thought it would not be needed.

On On.

Andy