I am new on giving database access to websites. I have some experiences on configuring scripts in Perl (UNIX server). I hear a lot about asp (that's on suitable for NT and not UNIX as far as I know). The reason that I have unlimited access to a UNIX server and not to an NT server I have not experimented with asp.

1. Does anyone know what the differences are between asp and a script like the dbman?

2.And are there any situations where you can not use the dbman and have to turn to asp?

Thanks for reply.

I have very little knowlege of asp. Here's what I know. It's probably faster. It allows the use of databases straight from MSAccess. (The latter one I'm pretty sure of. Not for certain, though.)

I played around a little with a program that creates asp pages, but I didn't like it.

There's the sum of my knowledge.


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JPD

  
That is not completely true...Chilisoft ( www.chilisoft.com ) allows ASP files to be executed in UNIX servers and other servers, including Linux.

Yet the function of ASP files in UNIX servers is quite restrictive in terms of accessing DSN files, which is only available through ODBC in NT servers. One of the benefits of ASP in UNIX servers is that you can use VB (Visual Basic) as the scripting language rather than strictly Perl. Although, you can also use Perl as the scripting language for ASP pages. (Of course, you have to have the appropriate modules to compile the codes written in VB.)

In terms of efficiency, ASP pages are more effective and use less server resources than Perl in NT servers. Also, ASP pages are more secure in NT servers than CGI pages. There are hotfixes available for Perl in NT, but they are a pain to install...that is why most NT administrators prefer their clients to use ASP than CGI and Perl scripts.

Regards,

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[This message has been edited by AnthroRules (edited April 05, 2000).]

 
AS I mentioned before, you can use Perl as the scripting language for asp pages. So, yes, it is easy.



Regards,

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Thanx Eliot.

JPD you wrote:
I played around a little with a program that creates asp pages, but I didn't like it.

1. Can you tell what you didn't like in it?

2. I think that asp is not so easy accessible as Perl. This, because your ISP must install those extentions. And since all of his servers are UNIX, I didn't have the possibility to test asp things. Do you know if asp is as 'easy' to work with as Perl. I mean in configure it, etc...

Thanks for your reply.

What I didn't like was the program I bought (for an outrageous sum) that produced asp pages. It was very clumsy and poorly written. And had no support whatsoever.

It's still on my hard drive, but I haven't even opened it in almost a year.


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