I'm new to asp and I was told that I need a global.asa file in order to connect to a db (within our intranet).
okay, great fine...now I have an 'example' of a global.asa file. now, how do i go about connecting to a db from my asp page using this global.asa file?
i am making a site using asp. in this i am using mssql server2k as backend. i ve created a dsn. i want use global.asa file for creating connection object so that i don't ve to create con object in every .asp page. for that i ve write following code
<script language="vbscript" runat="server">
sub Application_onStart()
set con=server.createobject("adodb.connection")
con.open "dsn=pc;uid=sa;pwd=;database=dbname"
end sub
sub Application_onEnd()
set con=nothing
end sub
sub Session_onStart()
end sub
sub Session_onEnd()
end sub
</script>
now anyone tell me how to use that connection object in any asp file for fetching the recordset.
Our ASP web application uses connection object from global.asa.
We hard coded Uid and pwd in global.asa.
Is there any way we can encrypt this Uid and Pwd in global.asa, or can
we access them through environment variables, if so can some one give me a
sample of code( to access environment variables through asp code.)
I currently have my SQL Server connection string in an Application variable in the global.asa. Could that be a security risk? I have heard that with Cold Fusion, when there is a page error. the actual Connection String is written to the screen as part of the error page.
I'm quite sure that would not occur in ASP but just wanted to be sure, and get a few expert opinions.
I was looking at another post, and what the person did was:
Dim strConn
strConn = "string"
application("strConn") = strConn
Now, am I able to create a connection object in my global.asa like so, and then keep my existing syntax for all my hundreds of queries?
Dim strCon
strCon = string
Set Connect = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Connect.Open strCon
?
I'm trying to SAVE bandwidth, so I want to create my connection in global.asa instead of each time my include file 'top.asp' is executed. I can also close it easily...
PS. I believe Application_OnStart() is the best place to put it, am I correct?
1. Connection strings need to be in global.asa file always?
2. How can we encrypt the connection string userid and passwd in global.asa?
I have actually an asp web site which use the global.asa file to connect to
the database but for security reason, I want to put username and password
information (or the complete connection string) in a seperate file so only a
special user could read these informations.
I have one application folder containing all ASP code files. I want host multiple sites pointing to same code. Can I do this ? If YES then how I can assign diffrent global.asa to each application...
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conn.ConnectionTimeout = 60
conn.Open connString
2.
conn.Open connString
conn.ConnectionTimeout = 60
Do both of them give different?
I wanted to know wheather DSN is ok for the connection to a database or direct conection is better?
when i started my web project on dreamweaver i had to make a DSN connection as i have followed the books, but as now as i have also asked several questions on this site, i have aslo implemented a direct connection as well on some pages, now i am wondering
is this going to have any affects when i uplode the complete site on the server.
i have noticed that on my computer when i am testing the site and uploading new records on sections that have DSN connections you can see the new record but on sections that i have implemented direct connection i cannot see it coz it is linked to the local directory database not on the testing server.
i have also never experienced uploading to a IIS server with DB connection so its my first time with dynamic websites. so am i in trouble or its ok the way i have done my site..
I am trying to put a condition in my Global.asa file based on the server
name.the reason, I want to set a global string as a application variable based on
the server I am on.
I also need to set a coonection string based on the value of the server.
I need to use this connection string to retrieve values from an sp in
application on start that sets a load of global variables so I can't really
do this anywhere else.
I have a site which until this morning, was on a remote server. The structure was that the "site" was actually a folder on the server, as I am designer and use this arrangement to develop sites. Under the root directory, I had modified the global asa file to include session variables. Ok, so I download the site (folder) to my hard drive, and put it in the folder of "MY Documents" called MyWebs. I then opened VB Studio and created a new solution, which is pointing to the before mentioned directory in My Documents. When I pull the site up in IE, the session variables were not being called, and I realized I had not copied over the asa file. So I did so, placing a copy of it in the hard drive's c inetpub wwwroot directory, and also directly in the my docs mywebs directory,and the site's directory as well. It seems it is still not being called.Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
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I have IIS 5.0 installed on for a test server. the global.asa file runs perfectly.
when tryng the same application on win server 2003 IIS 6.0 the global.asa does not fire. i have set the application as a virtual site and given rights for iwam and iusr. What else could be the problem. Code:
How does IIS 6.0 treat the global.asa file? I had the following problem;
1. uploaded a new site to the win3k server
2. had incorrect db connection string in Session_OnStart in global.asa and website caused errors.
3. Changed the global.asa file to include the correct details. Saved the file. Still got the same errors.
I could not resolve this unless restarting the WWW Service on this server. In IIS 5.0 the global.asa file would reload after resaving it (as the timestamp is updated).
I even waited the next day before restarting the service because I though Session_OnStart expires after my session ends...but the error was still there
in the morning.
Hopefully someone will make sense of it for me. Here is the code (I inherited) in the global.asa
Sub Application_OnStart
Application("DB.ConnectionString")= ""
Application("MaxLoginAttempts") = 5
Set Application("Con") = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Session("Test") = Now()
End Sub
Sub Session_OnStart....
Is it possible to use ADO in global.asa?I simply want to creat a log of each visit to the site?
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The table appears 531 times in our code. Is there some util or method that allows us to change it globally, other than going to each occurrance, and adding the new column to the where clause.
Basically session_onend will not fire in my global.asa files! I have just made a very simple test to prove its not my programming and it still doesnt fire.
Session_onstart works a treat but onend will not work even if you force the session to expire with abandon. I have tried on 2 of our servers now and it doesnt work on either.
my simple test is this:
Sub Session_OnEnd
application("test") = "hello"
End Sub
Now surely that should work. i obviously have a page that writes that test variable to the page but its always empty.
Set IE 6.0 ver. X to "Block all Cookies" in privacy settings and try
this code in three separate files.
<-- Global.asa -->
sub Session_OnStart
response.cookies("test") = "-1"
end sub
<-- Global.asa -->
<-- testcookie1.asp -->
<%Response.Redirect("testcookie2.asp")%>
<-- testcookie1.asp -->
<-- testcookie2.asp -->
<%=request.cookies("test")%>
<-- testcookie2.asp -->
I get "-1" on testcookie2.asp
Anyone else get the same result?
Why am I getting the cookie in this test?
So when *does* Session_OnEnd fire in my Global.asa file? Does it fire when
they click a link to leave the site? Does it fire when the session times out?
I need to Ban IP's on my IIS server. I know the IP's I need to ban, but how to I write the global.asa file correctly.
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problem is that only 3 people can authorise a purchase order. When a
purchase order is selected I update the table to show that the field is
locked. If they complete the form then the database is updated and the lock
is removed, all though at this stage the record moves into another part of
the system and the lock becomes redundant.
If however they dont complete the form the record is left in a permanent
locked state, it could be that they decided to look at the record then
navigated away or closed the browser.
So i thought maybe i could stick some code that updates the database into
the session_OnEnd in the global.asa, so after 20 minutes when the session has
ended the lock will free. I don't however have any experience with this and
don't even know if this will work. The code won't be a problem its just
whether this process will actually work.
I am thinking that I code put the order_id into a session variable then when
the session variable ends i run a sub in the .asa file that gets the session
variable and updates the table.
I am in much need of some help with my global.asa file. I use ASP and mySQL. In a nutshell, When a registered user logs in, a field in I have a field that gets updated in my DB Table. It is a TINYINT. When they log in, it updates the value to 1, when they log out, it updates it to 0. I use a tiny iFrame to create a loop displaying users with the value of 1. Basically a cheasy "Who's Online" function.
How ever I am now trying to create a global.asa file to say when the session times out, I want the global file to just update the value back to 0. I am also attempting it so that if the users browser window closes and then gets reopened PRIOR to the timeout limit, It knows they are still logged in. I can provide my script if anyone thinks they can help. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think my final thought would be that when the user closes their browser, that the session ends and the DB field gets updated from a 1 to a 0.
i'm trying to update my db when the user sessions expires..... So i put the codes below on the golbal.asa file... i tried it a few times but this code wont work... but when i tried in Sub session_on_start it is okay... i notice that we could not use server.mappath or any other objects/variable other than Session or Application variable on global.asa .... have any of u guyz trtied the same thing and works
<script language="vbscript" runat="server">
Sub Session_OnEnd
set adoConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
adoConn.Open "Driver=MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver; Database=dhl_21Feb; Uid=user;Pwd=user;"
set rssession = adoConn.execute("Update session set LogoutTime = '10.20',status = 'Log_'")
I would like to start using the global.asa file on an ASP app to store
information like connection strings, contact e-mail addresses, etc. However,
the person I report to is nervous about this, mostly because he's never been
exposed to it.
He is of the opinion (because he "thinks he heard somewhere") that
application variables - and the ASA file in general - is bad. He's giving me
a bit of push-back until I can satisfy him that introducing this won't cause
problems for the site.
Anything I could find on the MSDN just says how to use it, how it works,
etc...which is stuff I already know. Has anyone had any problems with the ASA
file? Does it cause any performance lagging? Is there any chance that the
Application_OnStart event won't fire?
If i want to declare a global variable in a one page and can be retrieved anyway in any page. how can i do that? the normal one that we declare is :
dim execno
dim month
but what about the global variable???
I have a site wich is in a subdirectory of the webSite. I have to use a global.asa file to set session.timeOut even i create an IIS application on the subDirectory global.asa don't run ?!?
if i create a virtual directory instead of IIS application, the global.asa run fine.
How can i do to run global.asa on a subDirectory ?
With global.asa application variables can be set. Later can a script in your
application change the value of those variables. But when IIS is restarted
the old values are used again. Is there a way to get the changes that are
done into global.asa?
my global.asa file doesn't seem to be executing in IIS and i don't know how to make them run. Any ideas how to execute the global.asa file in IIS 5.1 ,
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