Re: Database Outputing a Text File on Server?

You may want to look at the FileSystemObject, which should give you access to everything you need for manipulating files.

Mike Bennett
ASP/DB Developer

"Neil (UK)" <maillmeNOSPAM_at_blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:8d8O7.13427$JK3.1347670_at_news1.cableinet.net...
> Hi there - im not to great with database design etc - but we are doing
this
> simple website at uni - which is a catalogue of music.
>
> now the guy in my group has made a databse, which stores the catalogue
data
> in one table - then he uses this database to output a txt file, which is
> loaded into a webpage. (the database was for his own benefit)
>
> Now, i have been playing about with macromedia ultradev, and have realised
> how to add entries to a database via an html form - which is great for the
> 'webmaster' to update his databse - but is there a way to get the
database,
> to out put the data, to a txt file - on the server??? e.g. - if i had a
> form in the databse, which had a button - which would output the data to a
> txt file - is there a way of 'controlling this button' via an html form?
>
>
> thanks for any replies,
> Neil.
>
>
Received on Sun Dec 02 2001 - 23:46:40 CET