Creating a search using the command button and text box

[spg1]

Dear fellow members,
I am a beginner in vb as well as databases. Here is my problem. I need to create a db search on my website. One to contain a command button and a text box. The text box should be the input field for a zipcode and the command button initiates the search. A new page would return a field that is associated with the zipcode. I've seen pages done in asp doing this. I know nothing about asp, therefore I am trying to use vb to do it in access2000 then try to convert it back to html. I hope I can then get it to read my database. If this can't be done I would appreciate it if some one could give me a crash course in asp. Maybee it can be done in Frontpage?? I appreciate your help on this problem, just looking for the easy way out!!!

SG

[kovan]

ok to do a search on your website you need to use asp (using either access, sql server, oracle... ect)
or you can use perl, and other stuff
but if you wanna stay with vb then you have to use asp for pages......
if its just a regular database on your computer
then you can use VB to do this
but if its on a web page you need to use asp
check out http://www.4guysfromrolla.com

if you have any questions msg me

[spg1]

How do I get started with ASP? Can unix servers handle the extensions? I don't know where to begin? What is the easiest tool? Any vb code would be appreciated on that previous problem.

[kovan]

but its not recommended
to get started on asp
go to http://www.4guysfromrolla.com
they have ALL kinds off tutorials


and your previous problem can only be solved with asp

[parksie]

Easy way out: use mySQL and PHP. It works (faster than access) on pretty much every platform you'll find. (I have it on my W98 machine, as well as my Linux provider). I can send you some example code to get you started, if you want.