I agree with this, but Allaire is mindful of this and is adding this
feature to CF5.
At 02:39 PM 3/21/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Yeh I agree but some clients will insist their site is built in ASP...and if
>you refuse to use it then you're gonna loose the work
>
>Also you say CFQuery sure beats all that ADO code - I agree it does but
>using ADO/RDO/DAO etc with ASP does have one advantage. You can create
>connexions on the fly.....i.e. you do not have to rely on the server having
>a DSN set up....which cold fusion does. Not a masive advantage when
>building web sites as there tends to be only one machine but when writing
>client server apps and roling out to a hundred machines..........
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Howarth, Craig (IBK-NY) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 21 March 2001 14:32
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: RE: To ASP or not to ASP
>
>
>I first developed web apps in ASP but soon discovered CF. But I was one of
>those who came from a programming background -- 10+ years in VB, C, RPG, and
>COBOL. I gladly embraced CF for something that none of these other
>languages offer: simplicity and speed of development. Having coded CF
>full-time now for over three years I have yet to encounter a situation where
>I wished I was back in ASP-land. Plus I have never encountered a language
>where it is easier than CF to decipher and understand code written by
>someone else -- even bad code.
>
>Also, CFQUERY sure beats all that ADO code.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Zhou, Mei Y (Mei) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:30 AM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: To ASP or not to ASP
> >
> > Hi, I think I am in the opposite position as you, I have worked for ASP
>for
> > more than 3 years, and now I have to learn ColdFusion. Since I do not know
> > CF as much as ASP,
> > what I can say is that:
> >
> > 1. ASP is much powerful for people who comes from programming background,
> > you can have much
> > flexibility for customizing your web application, but CF will be more
> > friendly for
> > people who does not want to do much by themselves instead using tags...,
> >
> > e.g. you can use both VBScript/JavaScript for ASP, however, what we can
>use
> > for
> > CF? I have tried <CFSCript>, and from CF document, it says to look
>for
> > JavaScript like to put it there, but I do not see too much
>explanation
> > there..
> >
> >
> > 2. Besides, the most important thing here for us is:
> >
> > If Alliare disappear one day ( e.g. no more support for the marketing
>reason
> > ), where else you can find a job?
> >
> > However, if ASP disappear, e.g. C# is coming up... then, you can still use
> > your VBScript
> > and JavaScript to find yourself very marketable in the job market...
> >
> >
> > Mei
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Parker, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 5:34 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: To ASP or not to ASP
> >
> >
> > This is a Microsoft shop here so that makes me a lone CF'er singing the
> > praises and virtues of CF. One of our Small Apps Team members in IS is
>keen
> > to explore CF a bit as he is currently entirely limited to ASP. He asked
>me
> > the other day, "What makes CF better than ASP?" I said that might be an
> > interesting question to pose on CF-Talk (for legitimate comments, one way
>or
> > the other, without wishing to incite any flame wars :-)
> >
> >
> > ****
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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