# This posting is for Dave Collier AKA Digitalosophys **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [October 10, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-posting-is-for-dave-collier-aka-digitalosophys/165288 "2005-10-10T02:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rmitchell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rmitchell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rmitchell)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-posting-is-for-dave-collier-aka-digitalosophys/165288/1 "2005-10-10T02:33:10Z")
Dave, where must the files be located for this tutorial, Rodney [rmitchell@mms-isp.net](mailto:rmitchell@mms-isp.net) **[size=4][color=#003366]Flash[/color][/size]**[font=Verdana][size=4][color=#003366] Forms and Database Integration [/color][/size][/font][font=Verdana][size=2]**[size=1][color=#666666]by Dave Collier AKA Digitalosophy[/color][/size]**[/size][/font] [size=2]This tutorial will guide you through the steps of sending information into a Microsoft Access Database using a Flash form and ASP as a server side script. You will also learn some basic and very useful ASP syntax. The example I will be using was created in Flash MX 2004. This will also work for Flash MX, and Flash 5. [/size] [size=2]Steps: 1. Create the database 2. Create the Flash form and send our variables to our ASP page 3. Retreive variables form flash and insert the information into our database[/size] [size=2] **Creating the Database** I’m not going to go into great detail about creating a database in Microsoft Access, but I will walk you through it.[/size] [list=1] [_]\
  • [size=2]Create a new database by going to File \> New and save it in your \_root directory for now. We will later move the database outside your \_root folder for security purposes. [/size] [_][size=2]Create a table in design view and save it with the name contacts[/size] [/list]