PLZ help a newbe!!!

<i><b>Originally posted by : Johnny_XP (johnny@microstore.gr)</b></i><br /><br />question:lets say that we have an asp page that connects to a mdb file to "display" the records from a table!ok?good!that page has also a serch engine that searches all the records in the table!<br /><br />now the problem is that i whant that page when loads to display the serach engine buttons e.t.c but the tables should not display ALL the records from the mdb file!<br />i whant the htm table be empty or not appera at all and appear or display result ONLY after i give something to serch!i hope you get it! <br /><br />those lines i think are responsible for my problem:<br /><br />'Set the last record to display<br />stopRec = startRec + displayRecs - 1<br /><br />if those lines are not, then what i have to change or add????<br /><br /><br />tnx for your time

<i><b>Originally posted by : sreedhar (balerao_s@yahoo.com)</b></i><br />Hi,<br /><br />I think you can have a if then else statement checking the value of the search text and thus based on the value you can display the page with table.<br /><br />Hope this will sove your problem<br /><br /><br />------------<br />Johnny_XP at 4/30/2002 12:50:45 AM<br /><br /><br />question:lets say that we have an asp page that connects to a mdb file to "display" the records from a table!ok?good!that page has also a serch engine that searches all the records in the table!<br /><br />now the problem is that i whant that page when loads to display the serach engine buttons e.t.c but the tables should not display ALL the records from the mdb file!<br />i whant the htm table be empty or not appera at all and appear or display result ONLY after i give something to serch!i hope you get it! <br /><br />those lines i think are responsible for my problem:<br /><br />'Set the last record to display<br />stopRec = startRec + displayRecs - 1<br /><br />if those lines are not, then what i have to change or add????<br /><br /><br />tnx for your time