Category: ASP

I’ve decided to add a new category – ASP. I don’t do much ASP coding, but my most recent project has had to be in ASP since that is the only language I can get supported. Luckily I’m getting along fine and I thought I’d post a few bits of “wisdom”. To some they may be wisdom, to some they may be “Well, Duh!” But they are things which I have spent time on and which will hopefully save you time.

So, first off, cookies in ASP/VBScript. Commented lines begin with a ‘

“” then
‘set the filter equal to the cooke value
filterVar = Request.Cookies(“teamName”)
else
‘Otherwise, leave the filter empty
filtervar = “”
end if
%>

I found a useful online reference to vbscript functions down at the MSDN Library

I’ve recently been writing a small ASP application – a sort of inbox type thing. I did one before but relied mainly on Dreamweaver’s server behaviours. This time I’ve been writing it myself, and I’d have had a much harder time without this free pdf book:A Practical Guide to Active Server Pages (or, as I like to call it, “Everything you always wanted to know about ASP but were too afraid to ask”) by Manas Tungare. It’s clean, clear, well laid out, and contains most of the information you need to get going in ASP.