The common way to access a database from inside an ASP page is to:

• Create an ADO connection to a database
• Open the database connection
• Create an ADO recordset
• Open the recordset
• Extract the data you need from the recordset
• Close the recordset
• Close the connection

Before a database can be accessed from a web page, a database connection has to be established.

The easiest way to connect to a database is to use a DSN-less connection. A DSN-less connection can be used against any Microsoft Access database on your web site.

With an added border attribute, you can tell the browser that the table should have no borders:

• Here is how to create a connection to a MS Access Database
• Open the ODBC icon in your Control Panel