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Search using Excel

12/4/2007 5:24:46 PM
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sms23 author

If I were to use an excel sheet as my database , would I be able to create pages that can search

Or does it need to be an a real database like sql, ms access
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ac163601 12/5/2007

SMS, I don't know, but just try one and see. it'll only take a few minutes using ASPRunner, which is undoubtedly the beauty of it.

If I were to use an excel sheet as my database , would I be able to create pages that can search

Or does it need to be an a real database like sql, ms access
Regards

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sms23 author 12/5/2007

I an getting error # 2147217887
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stealthwifi 12/5/2007

I an getting error # 2147217887

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What is the full error message you recieve and what version of AspRunner are you using?

Sergey Kornilov admin 12/5/2007

My suggestion is to import your Excel database into MS Access.
Excel is not a real datasource and won't work in many cases.

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sms23 author 12/5/2007

Maybe it would be better to explain what I want to do and the errors associated with this.

If there is no solution, perhaps you could suggest an alternative approach.
Due to certain restrictions, I can't use a 'real' database - my options are an excel spreadsheet or a csv file.
Everything goes well using the xls option - except when it comes to the search function. Any search variables lead to this response:
ASP error happened

-2147217887

ODBC driver does not support the requested properties.
I am using ASPrunner 5.0 on Win XP sp2
The obvious question is does the ODBC driver support this type of search.
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Taking the csv approach, as soon as the file path in selected leading to a csv file (Database file window) and the 'next' button clicked, this error message pops up:
SQL_ERROR results

SQL Error State: HY024, Native Error Code: FFFFFC01, ODBC Error: [Microsoft][ODBC Text Driver] '(unknown)' is not a valid path.
No matter which csv driver is selected the results are the same.
Any suggestions?
Thank you very much for your time!

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sms23 author 12/18/2007

Okay I have go it to search colums where there are numbers. but when searching fields containing test I am getting error message saying that

ODBC does not support this function. This again using excel as the database
Any ideas if I can search on text

Sergey Kornilov admin 12/18/2007

Your only choice is to use MS Access database. Trust my experience.