# ADO GetString Method

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The GetString method returns the specified Recordset as a string. This method can be used to fill HTML tables in ASP files.

## Syntax

Set str=objRecordset.GetString(format,n,coldel,rowdel,nullexpr)

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
format | Optional. A StringFormatEnum value that specifies the format when retrieving a Recordset as a string
n | Optional. The number of rows to be converted in the Recordset
coldel | Optional. If format is set to adClipString it is a column delimiter. Otherwise it is the tab character
rowdel | Optional. If format is set to adClipString it is a row delimiter. Otherwise it is the carriage return character
nullexpr | Optional. If format is set to adClipString it is an expression used instead of a null value. Otherwise it is an empty string

## Example

To create an HTML table with data from a recordset, we only need to use three of the parameters above:

- coldel - the HTML to use as a column-separator
- rowdel - the HTML to use as a row-separator
- NullExpr - the HTML to use if a column is NULL

Note: The GetString() method is an ADO 2.0 feature. You can download ADO 2.0 at http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm.

## Example

In the following example we will use the GetString() method to hold the recordset as a string:

<html>
<body>
<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open "c:/webdata/northwind.mdb"
set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")
rs.Open "SELECT Companyname, Contactname FROM Customers", conn
str=rs.GetString(,,"</td><td>","</td></tr><tr><td>","&nbsp;")
%>
<table border="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<td><%Response.Write(str)%></td>
</tr>
</table>
<%
rs.close
conn.close
set rs = Nothing
set conn = Nothing
%>
</body>
</html>
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### StringFormatEnum Values

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
adClipString | 2 | Delimits rows by the rowdel parameter, columns by the coldel parameter, and null values by the nullexpr parameter

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