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Find Method Example (JScript)

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This example uses the Recordset object's Find method to locate and display the companies in the Northwind database whose name begins with the letter G. Cut and paste the following code to Notepad or another text editor, and save it as FindJS.asp.

<!-- BeginFindJS -->  
<%@  Language=JavaScript %>  
<%// use this meta tag instead of adojavas.inc%>  
<!--METADATA TYPE="typelib" uuid="00000205-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4" -->  
  
<html>  
  
<head>  
<title>ADO Recordset.Find Example</title>  
<style>  
<!--  
BODY {  
   font-family: 'Verdana','Arial','Helvetica',sans-serif;  
   BACKGROUND-COLOR:white;  
   COLOR:black;  
    }  
.thead {  
   background-color: #008080;   
   font-family: 'Verdana','Arial','Helvetica',sans-serif;   
   font-size: x-small;  
   color: white;  
   }  
.thead2 {  
   background-color: #800000;   
   font-family: 'Verdana','Arial','Helvetica',sans-serif;   
   font-size: x-small;  
   color: white;  
   }  
.tbody {   
   text-align: center;  
   background-color: #f7efde;  
   font-family: 'Verdana','Arial','Helvetica',sans-serif;   
   font-size: x-small;  
    }  
-->  
</style>  
</head>  
  
<body bgcolor="white">  
  
<h1>ADO Recordset.Find Example</h1>  
<%  
    // connection and recordset variables  
    var Cnxn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection");  
    var strCnxn = "Provider='sqloledb';Data Source=" + Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME") + ";" +  
            "Initial Catalog='Northwind';Integrated Security='SSPI';";  
    var rsCustomers = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset");  
        // display string  
    var strMessage;      
    var strFind;  
  
    try  
    {  
            // open connection  
        Cnxn.Open(strCnxn);  
  
            //create recordset using object refs  
        SQLCustomers = "select * from Customers;";  
  
        rsCustomers.ActiveConnection = Cnxn;  
        rsCustomers.CursorLocation = adUseClient;  
        rsCustomers.CursorType = adOpenKeyset;  
        rsCustomers.LockType = adLockOptimistic;  
        rsCustomers.Source = SQLCustomers;  
  
        rsCustomers.Open();  
        rsCustomers.MoveFirst();  
  
            //find criteria  
        strFind = "CompanyName like 'g%'"  
        rsCustomers.Find(strFind);  
  
        if (rsCustomers.EOF) {  
            Response.Write("No records matched ");  
            Response.Write(SQLCustomers & "So cannot make table...");  
            Cnxn.Close();  
            Response.End();  
        }   
        else {  
            Response.Write('<table width="100%" border="2">');  
            Response.Write('<tr class="thead2">');  
            // Put Headings On The Table for each Field Name  
            for (thisField = 0; thisField < rsCustomers.Fields.Count; thisField++) {  
                fieldObject = rsCustomers.Fields(thisField);  
                Response.Write('<th width="' + Math.floor(100 / rsCustomers.Fields.Count) + '%">' + fieldObject.Name + "</th>");  
            }  
            Response.Write("</tr>");  
  
            while (!rsCustomers.EOF) {  
                Response.Write('<tr class="tbody">');  
                for(thisField=0; thisField<rsCustomers.Fields.Count; thisField++) {  
                    fieldObject = rsCustomers.Fields(thisField);  
                    strField = fieldObject.Value;  
                    if (strField == null)  
                        strField = "-Null-";  
                    if (strField == "")  
                        strField = "";  
                    Response.Write("<td>" + strField + "</td>");  
                }  
                rsCustomers.Find(strFind, 1, adSearchForward)  
                Response.Write("</tr>");  
            }  
            Response.Write("</table>");  
        }  
    }  
    catch (e)  
    {  
        Response.Write(e.message);  
    }  
    finally  
    {  
        // clean up  
        if (rsCustomers.State == adStateOpen)  
            rsCustomers.Close;  
        if (Cnxn.State == adStateOpen)  
            Cnxn.Close;  
        rsCustomers = null;  
        Cnxn = null;  
    }  
%>  
  
</body>  
  
</html>  
<!-- EndFindJS -->

See Also

Find Method (ADO)
Recordset Object (ADO)