What, exactly, is ASP?

[Peter Morris]

What, exactly, is ASP?

Is ANY dynamically generated HTML the same as ASP?
Or does ASP have to be in a particular format or language?

The company I used to work for (until it went bust) was
in the business of creating dynamic websites for companies,
using our own proprietry set of development tools, which
was called Bladerunner. (You probably won't have heard of
it) Heres a website I helped to create for one of our few
customers. http://www.silicon.com/ Pages are dynamically
generated according to the current contents of the database
(updated daily) and preferences set by registered users. The
search function is probably the most dynamic part of the site.

My job, by the way, was mostly working on the database
application underlying the website, although I did do some of
the front end programming. A little, anyway. While I was working
there, I never heard the term ASP, but is that what I was doing
anyway?

I have recently been learning ASP from a book, which is
mostly about VBScript. But am I entitled to claim on my
CV that I have already been an ASP programmer for a few
years?

And, BTW, how dob you pronounce ASP anyway?
Do you pronounce it like the snake? Or do you say
"Ay ess pea?'
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[Dave]

ASP (active Server Pages) is a server side scripting language. You won't see
it when viewing a page's source code. The best way to spot an ASP page is to
look at the URL. However, ASP code can generate a regular HTML file.
It is commonly used to create WebPages which can be automatically updated
from a database.
ASP is very similar to VBScript. It can allow you to update and view
database content.

By the way, nice page.

Dave

"Peter Morris" <no********@se.com> wrote in message
news:be**********@titan.btinternet.com...

What, exactly, is ASP?

Is ANY dynamically generated HTML the same as ASP?
Or does ASP have to be in a particular format or language?

The company I used to work for (until it went bust) was
in the business of creating dynamic websites for companies,
using our own proprietry set of development tools, which
was called Bladerunner. (You probably won't have heard of
it) Heres a website I helped to create for one of our few
customers. http://www.silicon.com/ Pages are dynamically
generated according to the current contents of the database
(updated daily) and preferences set by registered users. The
search function is probably the most dynamic part of the site.

My job, by the way, was mostly working on the database
application underlying the website, although I did do some of
the front end programming. A little, anyway. While I was working
there, I never heard the term ASP, but is that what I was doing
anyway?

I have recently been learning ASP from a book, which is
mostly about VBScript. But am I entitled to claim on my
CV that I have already been an ASP programmer for a few
years?

And, BTW, how dob you pronounce ASP anyway?
Do you pronounce it like the snake? Or do you say
"Ay ess pea?'
--
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[Kris Eiben]

To clarify:

ASP is a server-side scripting framework that can be written in a number
of scripting languages including VBscript and Javascript, administered
and run through IIS. It sounds like you've done the same _kinds_ of
things that ASP is used for, so you could say that you used proprietary
technology to create server-side code to handle database manipulation,
similar to ASP functionality. But, in general, if I were just learning
something from a book I wouldn't list several years' experience with it
on my CV :-)

"Dave" <dg******@sewanee.edu> wrote in message
news:Og**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

ASP (active Server Pages) is a server side scripting language. You won't see it when viewing a page's source code. The best way to spot an ASP page is to look at the URL. However, ASP code can generate a regular HTML file.
It is commonly used to create WebPages which can be automatically updated from a database.
ASP is very similar to VBScript. It can allow you to update and view
database content.

By the way, nice page.

Dave

"Peter Morris" <no********@se.com> wrote in message
news:be**********@titan.btinternet.com...

What, exactly, is ASP?

Is ANY dynamically generated HTML the same as ASP?
Or does ASP have to be in a particular format or language?

The company I used to work for (until it went bust) was
in the business of creating dynamic websites for companies,
using our own proprietry set of development tools, which
was called Bladerunner. (You probably won't have heard of
it) Heres a website I helped to create for one of our few
customers. http://www.silicon.com/ Pages are dynamically
generated according to the current contents of the database
(updated daily) and preferences set by registered users. The
search function is probably the most dynamic part of the site.

My job, by the way, was mostly working on the database
application underlying the website, although I did do some of
the front end programming. A little, anyway. While I was working
there, I never heard the term ASP, but is that what I was doing
anyway?

I have recently been learning ASP from a book, which is
mostly about VBScript. But am I entitled to claim on my
CV that I have already been an ASP programmer for a few
years?

And, BTW, how dob you pronounce ASP anyway?
Do you pronounce it like the snake? Or do you say
"Ay ess pea?'

[Bob Barrows]

Evertjan. wrote:

Bob Barrows wrote on 08 jul 2003 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

I've only heard it called ay-ess-pee, although there is a site out
there called www.asphole.com which plays on the alternate
pronunciation ...

ASP is not confined to the English speaking cyberworld,
so pronunciation may vary.

Is www.asphole.com pronounced like:

duboyouduboyouduboyou ass fowl come ?

I don't get your point. That's exactly the pronunciation I had in mind ...
;-)

Bob

[Evertjan.]

Bob Barrows wrote on 08 jul 2003 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

duboyouduboyouduboyou ass fowl come ?

I don't get your point. That's exactly the pronunciation I had in mind
... ;-)

..... A joy forever !

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[Shailesh Humbad]

My version:

Active Server Pages are plain text files written in a particular
programming language, which is usually VBScript or Javascript. What is
special about these scripts is that when they are run on a web server,
the programmer has access to some special objects particular to web
serving. These objects are Response, Request, Application, Session,
Server, and Error. These six objects are the defining attributes of
ASP. As you can guess, they have to do with preparing and delivering
HTML files for web browsers, which is the sole purpose of most ASP scripts.

Note, they are called "scripts" because they do not need to be compiled,
but they are compiled on the fly by the server when needed. Also, the
web server doesn't have to be IIS, it just has to have an ASP
interpreter, such as ChiliSoft ASP. You may now realize that an ASP
interpreter's main job is to provide an implementation of the six
objects mentioned above.

The programmer also has access to all the objects included in Windows
Scripting, such as FileSystem, TextStream, Drive, File, Folder, and
Dictionary. Furthermore, through the ActiveX/COM interface
specifications, any other kind of software can be installed on the
server, and instantiated as an object to provide other functionality. A
commonly used set of objects is called ADO (ActiveX Data Objects).
These include Recordset, Connection, Command, Record, and Stream. These
are implemented primarily in a file called msado15.dll, and provide
access to many kinds of databases.

If you want to find out what the ASP objects do, go to:
http://www.w3schools.com/asp/default.asp

Anyone want to tackle a definition of ASP.Net?

I pronounce it "ay-ess-pea". If you were using a (graphical)
development tool, and you've never coded in VBScript, then you probably
can't say you know ASP. IMHO. VBScript/ASP can get rather hard-core.
I've been coding in it using a text editor (Textpad) for 4 years now (on
and off), and I'm still learning new things.

Shailesh
Peter Morris wrote:

What, exactly, is ASP?

Is ANY dynamically generated HTML the same as ASP?
Or does ASP have to be in a particular format or language?

The company I used to work for (until it went bust) was
in the business of creating dynamic websites for companies,
using our own proprietry set of development tools, which
was called Bladerunner. (You probably won't have heard of
it) Heres a website I helped to create for one of our few
customers. http://www.silicon.com/ Pages are dynamically
generated according to the current contents of the database
(updated daily) and preferences set by registered users. The
search function is probably the most dynamic part of the site.

My job, by the way, was mostly working on the database
application underlying the website, although I did do some of
the front end programming. A little, anyway. While I was working
there, I never heard the term ASP, but is that what I was doing
anyway?

I have recently been learning ASP from a book, which is
mostly about VBScript. But am I entitled to claim on my
CV that I have already been an ASP programmer for a few
years?

And, BTW, how dob you pronounce ASP anyway?
Do you pronounce it like the snake? Or do you say
"Ay ess pea?'
--
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[Bob Barrows]

Shailesh Humbad wrote:

If you were using a (graphical)
development tool, and you've never coded in VBScript, then you
probably can't say you know ASP.

Minor nitpick:
So how about all those people who've been coding their ASP pages in jscript?
Or one of the other scripting languages supported by ASP?

Bob

[Peter Morris]

"Peter Morris" <no********@se.com> wrote in message
news:be**********@titan.btinternet.com...

What, exactly, is ASP?

Is ANY dynamically generated HTML the same as ASP?
Or does ASP have to be in a particular format or language?

Thanks for your replies, everyone.
I now see that what I did before wasn't ASP. (It was programs
written in C on as Sun Unix system, using Bladerunner, which
provided similar functionality to the ASP objects)

Another quick question - what's the relationship between ASP
and JSP? Is is that they use the same objects, but JSP is written
in Java? Or is there some more fundamental difference? Is one
an earlier version, and the other an updated version, or are they
different things?

[Tim Slattery]

"Peter Morris" <no********@se.com> wrote:

Another quick question - what's the relationship between ASP
and JSP? Is is that they use the same objects, but JSP is written
in Java? Or is there some more fundamental difference? Is one
an earlier version, and the other an updated version, or are they
different things?

There's no relation. They are both systems for server-side processing,
they are quite different. JSP, at its simplest level, is a server-side
scripting environment like ASP, but the scripting language is Java.
Not JavaScript, but full-fledged Java. Any environment that supports
JSP also will support Java applets, and other parts of the J2EE world.
That goes *far* beyond what ASP allows.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Sl********@bls.gov

[Shailesh Humbad]

Whoops, my bad. I should have said "in any of the ASP supported
languages using the ASP objects". I've gotten so used to using VBScript...

S

Bob Barrows wrote:

Shailesh Humbad wrote:

If you were using a (graphical)
development tool, and you've never coded in VBScript, then you
probably can't say you know ASP.

Minor nitpick:
So how about all those people who've been coding their ASP pages in jscript?
Or one of the other scripting languages supported by ASP?

Bob

[Shailesh Humbad]

Both JSP and ASP are scripting engines that run on a web server and
whose main intent is to produce HTML files for web browsers. Otherwise,
they are different, unrelated systems. JSP is different because it's
scripts are written in Java, which is a language that is
object-oriented, strongly typed, and supports exception handling and
garbage collection. These features make the language more robust for
programmers, but also create a higher learning curve. Both JSP and ASP
expose similar objects for serving web pages and have similar
functionality. JSP is also different because it's reference
implementation (Apache Tomcat - http://jakarta.apache.org), is open
source and free.

I've looked into JSP, but never used it. If you want JSP specific info,
try a JSP newsgroup.

S.
Peter Morris wrote:

"Peter Morris" <no********@se.com> wrote in message
news:be**********@titan.btinternet.com...

What, exactly, is ASP?

Is ANY dynamically generated HTML the same as ASP?
Or does ASP have to be in a particular format or language?

Thanks for your replies, everyone.
I now see that what I did before wasn't ASP. (It was programs
written in C on as Sun Unix system, using Bladerunner, which
provided similar functionality to the ASP objects)

Another quick question - what's the relationship between ASP
and JSP? Is is that they use the same objects, but JSP is written
in Java? Or is there some more fundamental difference? Is one
an earlier version, and the other an updated version, or are they
different things?

[Liza]

If i wanted to create a vbscript that collects information from the
website visitor and i wanted to manipulate that information with a
specific function/process, would i need to submit that
function/process to the IIS so that it can be used by the script?
"Bob Barrows" <re*******@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<uW**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...

From http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...dn_aspfaq.asp:
****************snip***************
What is Active Server Pages?
Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) is the server-side execution environment
in Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0 that enables you to run
ActiveX scripts and ActiveX server components on the server. By combining
scripts and components, developers can create dynamic content and powerful
Web-based applications easily.

****************snip***************

Various scripting languages, including vbscript, javascript and jscript can
make use of this environment, which provides several intrinsic objects:
Request, Response, Server, etc. This is all done via a dynamic link library
called asp.dll which is provided with IIS.

See here for more:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en.../ref_vbom_.asp

I do not think you can claim to have been doing ASP programming on your CV,
unless your site utilizes IIS and/or the asp.dll.

I've only heard it called ay-ess-pee, although there is a site out there
called www.asphole.com which plays on the alternate pronunciation ...
HTH,
Bob Barrows
Peter Morris wrote:

What, exactly, is ASP?

Is ANY dynamically generated HTML the same as ASP?
Or does ASP have to be in a particular format or language?

The company I used to work for (until it went bust) was
in the business of creating dynamic websites for companies,
using our own proprietry set of development tools, which
was called Bladerunner. (You probably won't have heard of
it) Heres a website I helped to create for one of our few
customers. http://www.silicon.com/ Pages are dynamically
generated according to the current contents of the database
(updated daily) and preferences set by registered users. The
search function is probably the most dynamic part of the site.

My job, by the way, was mostly working on the database
application underlying the website, although I did do some of
the front end programming. A little, anyway. While I was working
there, I never heard the term ASP, but is that what I was doing
anyway?

I have recently been learning ASP from a book, which is
mostly about VBScript. But am I entitled to claim on my
CV that I have already been an ASP programmer for a few
years?

And, BTW, how dob you pronounce ASP anyway?
Do you pronounce it like the snake? Or do you say
"Ay ess pea?'

[Bob Barrows]

uuuummmm - yes.

Liza wrote:

If i wanted to create a vbscript that collects information from the
website visitor and i wanted to manipulate that information with a
specific function/process, would i need to submit that
function/process to the IIS so that it can be used by the script?
"Bob Barrows" <re*******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:<uW**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...

From
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...dn_aspfaq.asp:
****************snip***************
What is Active Server Pages?
Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) is the server-side execution
environment
in Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0 that enables you
to run
ActiveX scripts and ActiveX server components on the server. By
combining
scripts and components, developers can create dynamic content and
powerful
Web-based applications easily.

****************snip***************

Various scripting languages, including vbscript, javascript and
jscript can
make use of this environment, which provides several intrinsic
objects:
Request, Response, Server, etc. This is all done via a dynamic link
library
called asp.dll which is provided with IIS.

See here for more:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en.../ref_vbom_.asp

I do not think you can claim to have been doing ASP programming on
your CV,
unless your site utilizes IIS and/or the asp.dll.

I've only heard it called ay-ess-pee, although there is a site out
there
called www.asphole.com which plays on the alternate pronunciation ...
HTH,
Bob Barrows
Peter Morris wrote:

What, exactly, is ASP?

Is ANY dynamically generated HTML the same as ASP?
Or does ASP have to be in a particular format or language?

The company I used to work for (until it went bust) was
in the business of creating dynamic websites for companies,
using our own proprietry set of development tools, which
was called Bladerunner. (You probably won't have heard of
it) Heres a website I helped to create for one of our few
customers. http://www.silicon.com/ Pages are dynamically
generated according to the current contents of the database
(updated daily) and preferences set by registered users. The
search function is probably the most dynamic part of the site.

My job, by the way, was mostly working on the database
application underlying the website, although I did do some of
the front end programming. A little, anyway. While I was working
there, I never heard the term ASP, but is that what I was doing
anyway?

I have recently been learning ASP from a book, which is
mostly about VBScript. But am I entitled to claim on my
CV that I have already been an ASP programmer for a few
years?

And, BTW, how dob you pronounce ASP anyway?
Do you pronounce it like the snake? Or do you say
"Ay ess pea?'