Roland
Sun Jul 24 00:05:39 CDT 2005
"Joe" wrote in message
news:612C5A27-CA72-4305-BBEB-839828C75B33@microsoft.com...
: I'm looking for a Registration / Join In script in asp and MS Access. I
want
: the registration form should work like this - users will fill the form
(First
: Name, Last Name, Email, Company, Phone, etc) and after submitting the
form,
: an email will be sent to user with an activation link. Once the user
clicks
: on this link, his/her account will be active and user will be able to
login
: to the website.
:
: If you don't know of any such script; can you tell me in detail how I
should
: do this? I'm little stressed as I am new to asp and don't know exactly how
to
: do this.
It takes a little while to produce but it's not too drastic, if you're
familiar with ASP, ADO and CDOSYS.
I see 3 options:
1. Research
2. Hire a developer
3. Borrow
You might want to start with option 3 and look here: www.hotscripts.com I
would bet there's one there waiting, probably more. You may have to grab
more than one script because you may not find something all in one.
You need:
1. Something that explains HTML forms and how to submit to an ASP page.
2. How to reiterate an HTML form with ASP so you can get the data from the
variables. (Request.Form)
3. You need to put your database in a secure folder, giving the
IUSR_<computerName> account MODIFY rights to the folder where the MS db file
resides.
4. You need an ADO connection string to connect to the database via ASP
VBScript. Look here for the Jet OLEDB connection string:
http://www.carlprothman.net/
5. You need to know which server OS you're running and if it is capable of
sending mail. An easy way to find out, is to grab a script that will test
it for you. Go here:
http://www.pensaworks.com/prg_com.asp and get the free
download, put it on your web server and run it. Run the mail test. It will
have a small form asking you for some information, like port, which server
component to test for, etc. You shouldn't have any trouble is filling it
out. It will also tell you which one works and will send you an email with
info. If you have CDOSYS, you're good to go.
That should get you started.
--
Roland Hall
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