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<% 'Two varibles are passed into the db 'u_input is the value if the user entered a response to 'the vote/poll question....IP is the address of the user u_input=request.form("u_input") u_ip=request.servervariables("remote_addr") ' if the user did not enter anything in the poll on this visit ' then display the poll question and possible choices if u_input = "" then %>

Q: What software do you use to build planograms? Please click to instantly view the results.
		Spaceman
		Intercept
		Apollo
		Galleria
		What's a planogram?

<% else accessdb="votes_db" cn="filedsn=e:\inetpub\wwwroot\productprofitability\ms_access.dsn; DefaultDir=e:\inetpub\wwwroot\productprofitability\;DBQ=e:\inetpub\wwwroot\productprofitability\fpdb\mackandy2.mdb;" 'cn="mackandy2" 'cn=cn & "dbq=" & server.mappath(accessdb) set rs = server.createobject("ADODB.Recordset") sql = "select ip from ballot where ip ='" & u_ip & "'" 'response.write sql 'response.write cn rs.Open sql, cn if rs.eof then ' if the user has not voted previously indicate it been_here_before="No" end if rs.close if been_here_before = "No" then ' Since the user has not voted previously their input ' their vote will be added to the db sql = "insert into ballot (ip, selection" & u_input &") " sql = sql & "values ('" & u_ip & "',1)" rs.Open sql, cn end if 'This will summerize and count the records in the db sql= "select distinctrow sum(selection1) as sum_selection1, " sql= sql & "sum(selection2) AS sum_selection2, sum(selection3) AS sum_selection3, " sql= sql & "sum(selection4) AS sum_selection4, sum(selection5) AS sum_selection5, count(*) AS total_votes " sql= sql & "FROM ballot;" rs.Open sql, cn total1=rs ("sum_selection1") total2=rs ("sum_selection2") total3=rs ("sum_selection3") total4=rs ("sum_selection4") total5=rs ("sum_selection5") count=rs ("total_votes") %>

Results
Spaceman	<%= formatnumber((total1/count)*100,1) %>%
Intercept	<%= formatnumber((total2/count)*100,1) %>%
Apollo	<%= formatnumber((total3/count)*100,1) %>%
Galleria	<%= formatnumber((total4/count)*100,1) %>%
Whats a planogram	<%= formatnumber((total5/count)*100,1) %>%
Total Votes:	<%= formatnumber(count,0,0) %>
<% if been_here_before <> "No" then %> <% else %> <% end if %>	<% end if %>

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