# Problem with a dynamic text
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-a-dynamic-text/4626
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 14, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-a-dynamic-text/4626 "2002-08-14T20:28:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Ibanez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ibanez)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-a-dynamic-text/4626/1 "2002-08-14T20:28:12Z")
I’ve got a movie that i’m getting dynamic data from a data base. It displays the last five records in the database. What I want to do is place a button in the movie that does the math function for the asp and passes the variable then refreshes it in the movie. I know I’ve seen a tutorial in the past where it would pass the variable in the background and I could reload the text into the same text window. Does anyone know what I need to do?
[http://users.apex2000.net/rbrown/asp/flash\_db/blog.html](http://users.apex2000.net/rbrown/asp/flash_db/blog.html)
here is the source I have for the button:
on (release) {
clicks = clicks + 1;
count = clicks \* 5 + 1;
displaycount = count;
getURL(“[http://users.apex2000.net/rbrown/asp/flash\_db/demo.asp](http://users.apex2000.net/rbrown/asp/flash_db/demo.asp)”, “”, “POST”);
loadVariables(“demo.asp”, “this”);
}
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-a-dynamic-text/4626/2 "2002-08-14T20:49:42Z")
Well you have that code on a button I pressume and you have it loading the variable into ‘this’ which would be used for a movie clip or at least I have always thought.
```auto
**on (release) {
[color=red]clicks ++;[/color]
count = clicks * 5 + 1;
displaycount = count;
getURL("http://users.apex2000.net/rbrown/asp/flash_db/demo.asp", "", "POST");
[color=red]loadVariables("demo.asp", "this");[/color]
}**
```
[color=red]clicks ++;[/color] is equal to what you had and it is much more neat and simple.
[color=red]loadVariables(“demo.asp”, “this”);[/color] and **“this”** may be a reason why your varibale is not going into flash so replace it for an actual location like the \_root timeline or a movie clip!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-a-dynamic-text/4626/3 "2002-08-14T23:55:40Z")
that still takes me to the next page instead of reloading it in the text box. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this done before. Is it possible?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-a-dynamic-text/4626/4 "2002-08-15T19:18:51Z")
Does anyone else know what the problem could be?