I just found this article here:
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/18740.html which talks about
Apache::ASP's compatibility with Microsoft's ASP.NET. Has anyone had
any experience with this?
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "growlin_stan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks. That's been really informative. I don't have any knowledge
> of ASP ('normal' or otherwise). I am interested in designing a web
> site incorporating a database and noticed my host supported
> Apache::ASP. (I am also looking at PHP)
>
> I guess my host would have to install the patch to make
Apache::ASP
> recognize VBScript?
>
> Are there WYSIWYG editors around that handle PerlScript? (Windows
or
> Linux) Or do have to learn to write code in PerlScript?
>
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Quentin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi-
> > Short answer (and probably correct answer, since you're coming
> from a
> > "normal ASP" background) is no.
> > Long answer, yes. ASP is a web application framework that
defines
> a set
> > of protocols and objects for a web application to interact with
a
> web
> > server. Contrary to popular believe, ASP is language-
independent.
> On
> > Windows, you will typically have access to VBScript, JavaScript,
> and
> > possible PerlScript. Apache::ASP is an implementation of the ASP
> > protocol in Perl that supports web applications exclusively in
> Perl. If
> > your ASP pages are written with PerlScript, then yes, you can
> probably
> > upload them and they will work with little to no fuss. However,
if
> you
> > mean "VBScript ASP" when you said "normal ASP", then no, you
will
> not be
> > able to make them easily work. IIRC, there was a patch floating
> around
> > to make Apache::ASP recognize VBScript. In addition, there are
> numerous
> > commercial products to implement VBScript ASP on *nix, such as
> > ChiliSoft's ChiliASP.
> > HTH,
> > --Quentin
> > On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 07:24 PM, growlin_stan wrote:
> >
> > > Ok newbie here, please explain what having Apache::ASP
installed
> on
> > > my host means? Does it mean I can upload normal ASP pages to
it
> and
> > > they will work as if it were a Microsoft server?
> > >
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