JMail, ASPEmail, ASPEncrypt, ASPGrid, ASPUpload, File Upload, SAFileUP, ImageSize, LastMod, GUID, ASPJPeg, ASP Resources
We will consider installing other COMs not on the list after we have reviewed them fully, but we can't promise anything. Server stability is key and most COMs are dangerous to operations.
What
are Active Server Pages?
These are components
that allow web developers to create server-side scripted templates that
generate dynamic, interactive web server applications. By embedding special
programatic codes in standard HTML pages, a user can access data in a database,
interact with page objects such as Active-X or Java components, or create
other types of dynamic output. The HTML output by an Active Server Page
is totally browser independent which means that it can be read equally
well by Microsoft Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or most other browsers.
ASP make it easy for a developer to create everything from a website that is customized to a viewers tastes, to a complex database application that may access legacy data from a mainframe.
The following is
a very simple example of ASP:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Sample
Web Page</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>
Hello <%= Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_USER")
%>
The time here
is <%= now %>
Your browser is
<% = Request.ServerVariables("http_user_agent") %>
</BODY></HTML>
Are Active Server
Pages also CGI?
Yes and no (don't
you love our straight answers). Active Server Pages and CGI scripts do
similar things - namely create dynamic output on a web page or react to
form input. However, Active Server Pages run in the same process as the
server, and they are multi-threaded. All this leads to faster speeds that
CGI scripts can achieve and the ability to handle large numbers of users.
Do Active Server
Pages Use Visual Basic?
This is one of
the biggest misunderstandings about ASP. It is not Visual Basic nor is
it its own language. A programmer must think of it as a container to use
other languages. We support VBScript, Javascript and PerlScript. You can
use any of there languages with your ASP pages.
Are Active Server
Pages secure?
Yes. They can
not cause security breaches with a browser on their own, however, malicious
Java or ActiveX apps can be embedded in them just like they can be embeded
in ordinary HTML pages. At the server end, individual ASPs can be protected
on a per user basis.
What databases
can I use with Active Server Pages?
You can use any
ODBC-compliant database such as FoxPro, Access, Paradox, etc. We can provide
Microsoft SQL Server if requested (additional setup and monthly charges
are involved).
Can I Use File
DSNs?
Even though Microsoft
suggests to use these in much of their literature, we prefer our customers
do not use them on our shared servers as we are able to tune system datasources
to fit the architecture of our particular servers. In order to "synchronize"
your local setup (if you are using Visual Interdev), create a system datasource
and name it the same as the datasource on our systems. In order to access
your datasource through an ASP page, your connection string should look
like:
Session("DataConn_ConnectionString") = "DSN=mydsn;UID=;PWD=" ;
In order to setup your local ODBC datasource (DSN):
1. Contact our
support.
2. State the needed
driver (example: MS Access) and name the datasource.
4. State the correct
database file.
5. Please allow
2-4 biz days for addition.
You provide
ASP and Cold Fusion. Can I use both? Is one better than the other?
You can use both
in your website, although not on the same page.
What are some internet resources on Active Server Pages?