First, I have been able to get Apache::ASP installed and working on my server, and sample code works.
Good good.
The reason I was investigating using Apache::ASP is that I was led to believe that I could take ASP pages from a Win2k / IIS server and put them on our Unix-based Apache web server. However, looking at the errors in the error_log of the web server when I try unsuccessfully to bring up one of these pages copied from the IIS server, it seems like the scripting in the Apache::ASP page must be written in Perl... that's also what I am starting to believe from the terse info available on the Intro page at http://www.apache-asp.org/
You're correct.
So my question is, what does Apache::ASP actually have to do with the ASP code for IIS? Anything at all?
You can write Perl-based ASP which is portable between Windows and UNIX/Linux. I'm not sure whether the Windows side requires Apache or is compatible with IIS.
If I am barking up the wrong tree to try making these ASP / IIS scripts work here, is there a tool or library other than Apache::ASP that would be able to make these scripts work on an Apache web server?
Not that I'm aware of. I guess porting to something portable is out of the quesiton? Running an IIS-based web server may be popular, but its really not a good idea.**
It sounds like you've let Microsoft lock you in. That makes Microsoft money and costs you money.
Thanks in advance for your time, sorry to ask a question this basic. :-)
Its nice to have some easy questions so that I can help out and give an answer. :)
** Our Windows boxes are purely game machines. Desktops and servers are all Linux now. Our servers have been all Linux for a long time. We have run desktop and server Windows in the past though and I support folks who are doing both still, so I'm speaking from experience -- whether its relevant to you is up to you.
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