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ConvertToString Method Example (VBScript)

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Important

Beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, RDS server components are no longer included in the Windows operating system (see Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Compatibility Cookbook for more detail). RDS client components will be removed in a future version of Windows. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. Applications that use RDS should migrate to WCF Data Service.

The following example shows how to convert a Recordset into a MIME-encoded string using the RDSServer.DataFactory ConvertToString method. It then shows how the string can be converted back into a Recordset. Cut and paste the following code to Notepad or another text editor and save it as ConvertToString.htm.

<!-- BeginConvertToStringVBS -->  
<HTML>  
<HEAD><TITLE>ConvertToString Example</TITLE><HEAD>  
<BODY>  
  
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBSCRIPT>  
Sub ConvertToStringX()  
    Dim objRs, objDF, strServer, vString  
    Const adcExecSync = 1  
    Const adcFetchUpFront = 1  
  
    ' Replace value below with your server name to use without ASP.  
    strServer = "https://<%=Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")%>">  
  
    Set objDF = RDS1.CreateObject("RDSServer.DataFactory", strServer)  
    Set objRs = objDF.Query(txtConnect.Value,txtQueryRecordset.Value)  
  
    ' convert Recordset to MIME encoded string  
    vString = objDF.ConvertToString(objRs)  
  
    ' display MIME string for demo purposes  
    txtRS.value = vString  
  
    ' convert MIME string back to useable ADO Recordset   
    ' using RDS.DataControl  
    RDC1.SQL = vString  
  
    RDC1.ExecuteOptions = adcExecSync  
    RDC1.FetchOptions = adcFetchUpFront  
    RDC1.Refresh  
  
    MsgBox "RecordCount = " & RDC1.Recordset.RecordCount  
End Sub   
</SCRIPT>  
  
Connect String:   
 <INPUT TYPE=Text NAME=txtConnect SIZE=50   
    VALUE="Provider=sqloledb;Initial Catalog=pubs;Integrated Security='SSPI';">   
 <BR>  
  
Query:   
 <INPUT TYPE=Text NAME=txtQueryRecordset SIZE=50   
    VALUE="select * from authors">   
 <BR>  
  
 <INPUT TYPE=Button VALUE="ConvertToString" OnClick="ConvertToStringX()">  
 <BR>  
  
MIME Encoded RS: <BR>  
 <TEXTAREA NAME=txtRS ROWS=15 COLS=50 WRAP=virtual></TEXTAREA>  
  
<!-- RDS.DataSpace  ID RDS1 -->  
 <OBJECT ID="RDS1" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1  
     CLASSID="CLSID:BD96C556-65A3-11D0-983A-00C04FC29E36">  
 </OBJECT>  
  
<!-- RDS.DataControl ID RDC1 -->  
 <OBJECT ID="RDC1" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1   
     CLASSID="clsid:BD96C556-65A3-11D0-983A-00C04FC29E33">  
 </OBJECT>  
</BODY>  
</HTML>  
<!-- EndConvertToStringVBS -->

See Also

ConvertToString Method (RDS)
Recordset Object (ADO)