Having a user login on your page is arguably the best and easiest way for validation purposes leading into "members-only" or administration pages.
This script will validate form input against field in a database. The script will connect to the database and query the database fields - if the form input matches the database, a cookie will be allocated which will remain across any further ASP pages, until destroyed.
Page views of admin or member pages can then be validated by checking for the cookie, if the cookie is found, the user can continue and if the cookie is not found, the user is redirected back to the login screen.
The script consists of 3 pages, the form to enter the login details, the page the login details are posted to and processed with, and the connectionstring which is included on any page which connects to the database.
The script can be expanded upon by using the last piece of code, for validating the cookie value. This can be placed on all member pages and will disallow access and redirect back to the login form if the cookie is not present.
