Loading Database Data Into Javascript

im trying to get values from a database and assign them to icons which display on my page. The icons that are generated on the page are generated in javascript- and they do work. Howver i want icons to hold the names that are in the database/table.

how would i do this? would this be using a query result in asp to get the values from the database?? how would i do this? please provide code or guide.

then, how would i assign the database value with the icons???? ive heard javascript arrays??? how would i assign the values??