MoveFirst, MoveLast, MoveNext, and MovePrevious Methods Example (VBScript)
This example uses the MoveFirst, MoveLast, MoveNext, and MovePrevious methods to move the record pointer of a Recordset based on the supplied command.
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<!-- BeginMoveFirstVBS -->
<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%' use this meta tag instead of adovbs.inc%>
<!--METADATA TYPE="typelib" uuid="00000205-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4" -->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>ADO MoveNext, MovePrevious, MoveLast, MoveFirst Methods</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
<!--
Sub cmdDown_OnClick
'Set Values in Form Input Boxes and Submit Form
Document.form.MoveAction.Value = "MovePrev"
Document.Form.Submit
End Sub
Sub cmdUp_OnClick
Document.form.MoveAction.Value = "MoveNext"
Document.Form.Submit
End Sub
Sub cmdFirst_OnClick
Document.form.MoveAction.Value = "MoveFirst"
Document.Form.Submit
End Sub
Sub cmdLast_OnClick
Document.form.MoveAction.Value = "MoveLast"
Document.Form.Submit
End Sub
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<body bgcolor="white">
<h1 align="center">ADO MoveNext, MovePrevious <br> MoveLast & MoveFirst Methods</h1>
<% ' to integrate/test this code replace the
' Data Source value in the Connection string%>
<%
' connection and recordset variables
Dim Cnxn, strCnxn
Dim rsEmployees, strSQLEmployees
' open connection
Set Cnxn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
strCnxn = "Provider='sqloledb';Data Source=" & _
Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME") & ";" & _
"Integrated Security='SSPI';Initial Catalog='Northwind';"
Cnxn.Open strCnxn
' create and open Recordset using object refs
Set rsEmployees = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
strSQLEmployees = "Employees"
rsEmployees.ActiveConnection = Cnxn
rsEmployees.CursorLocation = adUseClient
rsEmployees.CursorType = adOpenKeyset
rsEmployees.LockType = adLockOptimistic
rsEmployees.Source = strSQLEmployees
rsEmployees.Open
rsEmployees.MoveFirst
If Not IsEmpty(Request.Form("MoveAction")) Then
strAction = Request.Form("MoveAction")
varPosition = Request.Form("Position")
rsEmployees.AbsolutePosition = varPosition
Select Case strAction
Case "MoveNext"
rsEmployees.MoveNext
If rsEmployees.EOF Then
rsEmployees.MoveLast
strMessage = "Can't move beyond the last record."
End If
Case "MovePrev"
rsEmployees.MovePrevious
If rsEmployees.BOF Then
rsEmployees.MoveFirst
strMessage = "Can't move beyond the first record."
End If
Case "MoveLast"
rsEmployees.MoveLast
Case "MoveFirst"
rsEmployees.MoveFirst
End Select
End If
%>
<!-- Display Current Record Number and Recordset Size -->
<h2>Record Number <%=rsEmployees.AbsolutePosition%> of <%=rsEmployees.RecordCount%></H2>
<hr>
<table cellpadding=5 border=0>
<!-- BEGIN column header row for Customer Table-->
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Hire Date</th>
</tr>
<!--Display ADO Data from Customer Table-->
<tr>
<td><%= rsEmployees("LastName") & ", " %>
<%= rsEmployees("FirstName") & " " %></td>
<td><%= rsEmployees("HireDate")%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=2><%=strMessage%></td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr>
<form Name="Form" Method="Post" Action="MoveFirstVbs.asp">
<Input Type=Button Name=cmdDown Value="<">
<Input Type=Button Name=cmdUp Value=">">
<BR>
<H3>Click Direction Arrows to Use MovePrevious or MoveNext</H3>
<Input Type=Button Name=cmdFirst Value="First Record">
<Input Type=Button Name=cmdLast Value="Last Record">
<!-- Use Hidden Form Fields to record values to send to Server -->
<input Type="Hidden" Size="4" Name="MoveAction" Value="Move">
<input Type="Hidden" Size="4" Name="Position" Value="<%= rsEmployees.AbsolutePosition%>">
</form>
<HR>
</BODY>
<%
' clean up
If rsEmployees.State = adStateOpen then
rsEmployees.Close
End If
If Cnxn.State = adStateOpen then
Cnxn.Close
End If
%>
</HTML>
<!-- EndMoveFirstVBS -->
See Also
MoveFirst, MoveLast, MoveNext, and MovePrevious Methods (ADO)
Recordset Object (ADO)