Question

i’m creating a hebrew glossary page for a client using ASP and MySQL.
i want to create a recordset and then loop through the results, grouping by the first letter and each with its own heading… something like this :

A
Apple
Avacado
Ape

B
Bilge
beetle

etcetc

can anyone suggest a good way of doing this?
i did find a jquery plugin which would be perfect (and automatic) : http://www.ihwy.com/Labs/Demos/Current/jquery-listnav-plugin.aspx
the only problem i had is that it doesn’t work at all for hebrew characters.

so, any suggestions?

Answer 1

You don’t need to group your data, just loop through it this way. Adjust to suit your database fields accordingly:

<%
set conn = server.createobject("ADODB.Connection")
Set RS = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
RS.Open "Select * FROM myTable order by Term asc",conn,3,3
lastLetter = "" 

do while not RS.eof
        firstLetter = left(RS("Term"),1)
        if lastLetter <> firstLetter then
            response.write("<b>" & firstLetter & "</b><br />"
        end if
        resonse.write(RS("Term")&"<br />"
        lastLetter = firstLetter
RS.movenext
loop
%>