ADO GetString Method

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The GetString method returns the specified Recordset as a string. This method can be used to fill HTML tables in ASP files.

Syntax

Set str=objRecordset.GetString(format,n,coldel,rowdel,nullexpr)

Parameter Description
format Optional. A StringFormatEnum value that specifies the format when retrieving a Recordset as a string
n

Optional. The number of rows to be converted in the Recordset
coldel Optional. If format is set to adClipString it is a column delimiter. Otherwise it is the tab character
rowdel Optional. If format is set to adClipString it is a row delimiter. Otherwise it is the carriage return character
nullexpr Optional. If format is set to adClipString it is an expression used instead of a null value. Otherwise it is an empty string

Example

To create an HTML table with data from a recordset, we only need to use three of the parameters above:

  • coldel - the HTML to use as a column-separator
  • rowdel - the HTML to use as a row-separator
  • NullExpr - the HTML to use if a column is NULL

Note: The GetString() method is an ADO 2.0 feature. You can download ADO 2.0 at http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm.

Example

In the following example we will use the GetString() method to hold the recordset as a string:

<html>
<body>

<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open "c:/webdata/northwind.mdb"

set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")
rs.Open "SELECT Companyname, Contactname FROM Customers", conn

str=rs.GetString(,,"</td><td>","</td></tr><tr><td>","&nbsp;")
%>

<table border="1" width="100%">
  <tr>
    <td><%Response.Write(str)%></td>
  </tr>
</table>

<%
rs.close
conn.close
set rs = Nothing
set conn = Nothing
%>

</body>
</html>
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StringFormatEnum Values
Constant Value Description
adClipString 2 Delimits rows by the rowdel parameter, columns by the coldel parameter, and null values by the nullexpr parameter
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