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Try something like this to replace the first code: [code] function getXHR() { /* Used to retrieve and XML HTTP Request object Output: an XMLHttpRequest object */ var XHR; // First determine user's browser if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // Non-IE browser such as FireFox or Netscape { return new XMLHttpRequest(); } else …

Not to be negative, but I'm not too enthusiastic about w3schools. The site's fine if your looking to play around with programming and learn the basics but I've found a lot of their tutorials to be a bit out dated. If you're serious about learning ASP.NET (btw, ASP.NET 2.0 is …

A great tutorial on AJAX can be found at Google [URL="http://code.google.com/edu/ajax/index.html"]here[/URL] AJAX doesn't involve databases - its more of a way to display data that's already been retrieved from a server (which may, then, involve database access).

Your declared column names and values don't line up correctly. Try this: [code] INSERT INTO grades (GWid, classid, semester, year, grade, required) VALUES(100000089, 'CS210', 'fall', '2006', 'B', 'yes'); [/code]