desperate and helpless!!!...please help

[johnnyboy23]

i want to use a control that can display certain
data from my sql7 server
my SQL query is
"select firstname,surname,details from people where
personid =" & personvariable

i want it to display the firstname and surname,details
using a control that is dependant on my variable called personid
ie
so if i have a listbox control with 100 names and surnames
in it and i select one persons name it picks up my varible assigned to that person called personvariable and assignes that value to my personID which is used to pick up all the information a on that person and display it in my control
ie datacontrol until i select another person!!!
help me please
i have tried using a datagrid control with a data control
but my query stuffs it up cause it does not pick up my variable!!!

please respond ASAP im having real difficultys to get this going!!

maybe you should submit all relevant code.

best regards

Sascha

[makai]

"select firstname,surname,details " & _
"from people where personid ='" & personvariable & "'"

[iataman]

You can use Commands in an ADO object. After you add a 'Connection' to your 'Data Enviroment', you add a 'Command' to your connection. Right click on the Command object and select properties. In 'SQL Statement' textbox enter your query like "SELECT firstname, lastname FROM ...".
Drag the command object on to your form and all controls will be added automatically. (you can remove if you have things that you don't want users to see, like ID etc.)
You can use the MoveNext, MovePrevious and Move methods of your command. If you want better control on your project, you can try loading your 'name data' in a listbox through a query and updating the data according to the ListIndex, selected at runtime.

I mean sth. like this:

Private Qry as String
Private RecSet as Recordset

Private Sub Form_Load()
' Where "DE" is the name of your ADO Data Enviroment
Qry = "SELECT DISTINCT firstname, surname FROM people ORDER BY surname"
Set RecSet = DE.Con.Execute(Qry)
For i=1 to RecSet.RecordCount
List1.AddItem RecSet.Fields(1)+", "+RecSet.Fields(0)
RecSet.MoveNext
Next
End Sub

Private Sub List1_Click()
Dim Name, FName, LName as String
If List1.ListIndex > -1 Then ' Be sure sth. is selected
' Option 1
Name = List1.List(List1.ListIndex)
FName = Mid(Name ,1, InStr(1,Name,",")-1)
LName = Mid(Name , InStr(1,Name,",") + 2)
Qry = "SELECT details FROM people WHERE firstname = '"+fname+"' AND surname = '"+LName+"'"
Set RecSet = DE.Con.Execute(Qry)
Text1 = RecSet.Fields(0)
Text2 = RecSet.Fields(1)
.... = ....
.... = ....
End If

End Sub

I hope some of these helps.