You're asking for a lot. You collect your form data from the properties of the various server controls. The syntax for SQL is the same regardless of the underlying database, more or less. MySQL is a good server-side database program.

If you are completely new to data-drive web development, then you need to break things down into discrete steps.

1) Connect to a database, retrieve information, display it on a page. That will teach you how to interact with your database.

2) Build a form with server controls. When the user submits a form, gather the information and post it back to the user. That will teach you how to gather form data.

3) Put it all together.

prob should have been a little more clear with my question. i was just looking for the syntax for an UPDATE with sql (which if i just took 2 seconds i could find myself because i did :cheesy: ) the only question i have now is with a SELECT query i would run ExecuteReader() but this doesn't seem to be right with an update. is there another execute to use?

Oh. Yep, you use .ExecuteNonQuery().

pimp, thanks again tgreer

Hi,
I have a form in which i want to update data if there is a repeated data in tne table. the table is in access, and i use: vb.net2003.
but i recieve the syntax error in update command. will you please help me:
i put cname and network as key in the table.
thx

Hi,

Start your own thread with this question. That way, you'll get the information that you require, and you won't muddle up someone else's thread with a question that might not be directly related...