Question

I want to add a text field to a web page that lets users add space delimited tags. much like del.icio.us.

I am more interested in how I get them off the page and into the database using VB.NET and SQL.

Can anyone point me at any articles or code snippets on how I can achieve this using vb.net and sql 2005?

Answer 1

Here is an oversimplifed example. I am using c# but converting it to vb must be trivial. You will need to dig into lots of more details.

Assuming that you are using webforms, you need a textbox on your page:

<asp:TextBox ID='txtTags' runat='server' /> 

Assuming that you have a submit button:

<asp:Button ID='btnSubmit' onclick='SaveTags' runat='server' Text='submit' /> 

You would have a SaveTags method that handles the click event:

protected void SaveTags(object sender, EventArgs e) {     string[] tags = txtTags.Text.Split(' ');      SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection('Your connection string');     SqlCommand command = connection.CreateCommand('Insert Into Tags(tag) Values(@tag)');     foreach (string tag in tags)     {         command.Parameters.Clear();         command.Parameters.AddWithValue('@tag', tag);         command.ExecuteNonQuery();     }     connection.Close(); }