AbsolutePosition and CursorLocation Properties Example (JScript)

This example demonstrates how the AbsolutePosition property can track the progress of a loop that enumerates all the records of a Recordset. It uses the CursorLocation property to enable the AbsolutePosition property by setting the cursor to a client cursor. Cut and paste the following code to Notepad or another text editor, and save it as AbsolutePositionJS.asp.

<!-- BeginAbsolutePositionJS -->
<%@LANGUAGE="JScript" %>
<%// use this meta tag instead of adojavas.inc%>
<!--METADATA TYPE="typelib" uuid="00000205-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4" -->

<html>

<head>
<title>AbsolutePosition and CursorLocation Properties Example (JScript)</title>
<style>
<!--
BODY {
   font-family: 'Verdana','Arial','Helvetica',sans-serif;
   BACKGROUND-COLOR:white;
   COLOR:black;
    }
.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>
<h1>AbsolutePosition and CursorLocation Properties Example (JScript)</h1>
<%
   // connection and recordset variables
   var strCnxn = "Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=" + Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME") + ";" +
   "Initial Catalog=Northwind;User Id=sa;Password=;"
   var rsEmployee = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset");
      // display string
   var strMessage;      
   
   // Open a recordset on the Employee table using
   // a client-side cursor to enable AbsolutePosition property.
   rsEmployee.CursorLocation = adUseClient;
   rsEmployee.Open("employees", strCnxn, adOpenStatic, adLockOptimistic, adCmdTable);

   // Write beginning of table to the document.
   Response.Write('<table border="0" align="center">');
   Response.Write('<tr class="thead2">');
   Response.Write("<th>AbsolutePosition</th><th>Name</th><th>Hire Date</th></tr>");
   
   while (!rsEmployee.EOF)
   {
      strMessage = "";
         
      // Start a new table row.
      strMessage = '<tr class="tbody">';
            
      // First column in row contains AbsolutePosition value.
      strMessage += "<td>" + rsEmployee.AbsolutePosition + " of " + rsEmployee.RecordCount + "</td>"
               
      // First and last name are in first column.
      strMessage += "<td>" + rsEmployee.Fields("FirstName") + " ";
      strMessage += rsEmployee.Fields("LastName") + " " + "</td>";
            
      // Hire date in second column.
      strMessage += "<td>" + rsEmployee.Fields("HireDate") + "</td>";
            
      // End the row.
      strMessage += "</tr>";
         
      // Write line to document.
      Response.Write(strMessage);
            
      // Get next record.
      rsEmployee.MoveNext;
   }
   
   // Finish writing document.
   Response.Write("</table>");

   // Close table.
   rsEmployee.Close;
%>

</html>
<!-- EndAbsolutePositionJS -->

AbsolutePosition and CursorLocation Properties Example (JScript)

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