Classy Classifieds
A complete solution for offering classified ads on your site. Users can place their own ads in any category they choose. And later, if they need to, they can update or delete the ad. Users can also browse the ads by category or search for specific ads that they are interested in. Then they can respond to an ad via e-mail.
Created: Chapter 13
Concepts demonstrated:
* Using an included header file to standardize the application's look and feel
* Using subroutines and functions in the header file to make it possible to pass arguments.
* Retrieving rows from the database and displaying them on a Web page
* Providing links on each record that display that record's details
* Using a form to accept field values for a new record then adding that record to the database
* Filling a form with current record information and then updating the record with changes made by the user
* Deleting a specified record
* Implementing a search form and respond to that form by dynamically creating a SELECT statement WHERE clause that retrieves just the information requested
* Passing arguments from one page to another through the URL itself and retrieving the argument values using Response.QueryString
* Creating a simple user validation page to assure that no one edits or deletes an ad besides the person who created it