Hi Dian, > Cool...thanks. Yeah, I started learning PHP and > was going to learn mySQL, but then the tides > changes a bit on that project.
PHP is pretty cool and very powerful, but it's not as friendly (IMO) as ASP. ASP may as well be a second skin for me, I can code one-handed, blind, while listening to opera. What other way is there to listen to opera? ;) > Lots of automated Word/DB connectivity forms lately. Out of curiosity (you're going to hate how curious I can get), why? Why would you use Word as a front-end? Don't get me wrong - it's got a LOT of potential and programmatically it has many features of any dedicated language. But it's like using an automatic drill to build a pyramid. And it requires everyone to have Word Version X in order to make use of all the features. I've been down the route of using word for major automation (actually, I automated an entire 8-floor Call Center for Kaiser using Word and Excel) - but the whole time I was screaming "of course it CAN be done - but it SHOULDN'T be!" They saved a whole $200 by not buying a license for VB and lost tens of thousands by licensing the entire Office Suite for some 3,800 computers for this ONE application. Sick [EMAIL PROTECTED]@%D#. > AND I totally forgot about my favorite book that I > had from before when I was going a lot of ASP and > just learning all this stuff... > Active Server Page in Plain English > ISBN: 0-7645-47453-3), this is a fantastic ASP, SQL > HTML, ADO reference book. The only ASP book I feel comfortable recommending is "Mastering Active Server Pages 3" by A. Russell Jones http://ReliableAnswers.com/scripts/amazon.asp?0782126197 I've read several ASP books but this one was the only one that I really enjoyed. In fact, I have my wife reading it right now. Actually, I told her to read the first two chapters. If she still "doesn't get" ASP and procedural code in general by then, then I told her she could just do content on the sites I manage and I'll maintain all the code. It'd be nice to have another hand in the code library that I trusted, though. > And YES!!! Please do join us and write some stuff for > TechTrax (by MouseTrax). That's right, TechTrax. I associate everything by domain, my apologies. (those dang domain squatters) > ...one of our articles (Beth Melton's Office Shortcut Bar > article) was mentioned on TechTV! Too cool! ;-) Awesome! > Plus I know a lot of softies read it...so it'll help that > push for MVP status that Ray and I are raggin' them for > you!<smirk/wink> Thanks. :) > Adrian writes for us when he can and his "everything you > wanted to know about Response.Redirect" is one of the top > hits. Here's a link for interested people: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=214 > I'd ask Ray to write, too...but you know what a lazy ass > he is!<g, d&r, v, v, f> I'm just impressed that he's still using 'Ray at work' instead of the many permutations of what he COULD be using in his sig right now. Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://ReliableAnswers.com/ '// ======================================================== "They can because they think they can." -- Virgil ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/17folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages --------------------------------------------------------------------- Post : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
