<label for="message">Message:</label> <textarea id="message" name="message" rows="5" required></textarea>
<% Dim conn, sql, name, email, message ' 1. Get data from the HTML form name = Request.Form("name") email = Request.Form("email") message = Request.Form("message") ms access guestbook html
' 3. Create connection to the MS Access database Set conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") conn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; Data Source=" & Server.MapPath("guestbook.accdb") textarea id="message" name="message" rows="5" required>
<button type="submit">Sign Guestbook</button> </form> </body> </html> Since HTML cannot write to a database, you need a server-side language. If you are hosting on a Windows server with IIS (Internet Information Services), Classic ASP is the natural partner for MS Access. % Dim conn
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