By Michael Corning, Steve Elfanbaum, David Melnick
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For the first time, build a complete working application for the Web with server side scripting! Working with Active Server Pages is the authoritative guide to understanding, designing, and developing dynamic Web pages using your Windows NT 4.0 Server. Created with the developer in mind, this easy-to-use guide has been carefully crafted to introduce you to the power and flexibility of creating dynamic Web pages with your Windows NT 4 Server, Microsoft's IIS 3.0, and Active Server Pages.
But that's not all this book covers! You'll quickly:
Obtain comprehensive coverage of Microsoft's Active Server Pages environment, including design, development, and implementation of dynamic Web pages
Extend ASP functionality by creating COM objects in Visual Basic
Master the nuances of VBScriptt and scripting integration with Active Server Pages
Manage states and events with ASP objects
Build Web pages anyone can browse
Discover the power of client and server load balancing and eliminate the need for powerful client software
Incorporate your existing programs into your Web site
Acquire the tools from ASP to integrate your existing information systems into new Web-based applications
This issue of 15 Seconds contain an example of how to create an ISAPI server extension in MSVC 4.2 with ODBC 3.0 connection pooling. There is also an evaluation of ODBC 3.0, OLEDB, ADO and DAO. [Read This Article][Top]
Connection pooling might be the easiest way to speed up your dynamic web pages reading from SQL Server. Unfortunately, connection pooling within is turned off by default in Active Server pages. Probably because connection pooling is rarely understood in its entirety. This issue discusses connection pooling with ASP, ISAPI, IDC, and Visual Basic applications. Included is a discussion about ODBC 3.0 and the newest bug fix for ODBC. [Read This Article][Top]
In this article Amos El-Roy demonstrates how to create a file repository using ASP pages. A seamless approach that maximizes accessibility and lowers administrative overhead is illustrated in the article's example, which is available for download. [Read This Article][Top]
Bill Jeffries's article on Excel's Web Query tool demonstrates how to update selected spreadsheet cells instantly over an HTTP connection. [Read This Article][Top]
The help system presented in Vujosevic and Laberge's article is self contained and can be updated and altered without impacting the original Web application. Much like an online book, the help icon in the Web application dives into an application system for the help option. Each Web page has its own separate help page with a database that contains one row in a table for every calling Web page. Sample code is provided. [Read This Article][Top]
Selva Kumar’s article shows how to create practical Oracle database connectivity from ASP using Oracle Objects for OLE (OO4O). OO40, the Oracle middleware, allows native access to Oracle from client applications using the Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) standard. Sample code is provided. [Read This Article][Top]
Cindy Cruciger claims there is a better way to write a functional Active Server Page that allows interaction between a database file and the Web, without getting caught in an SQL nightmare. She offers a snippet of SQL code and adds some logical layers, error checking and formatting. [Read This Article][Top]
Developer Stephan Onisick shows us how to create a standalone/custom recordset and use its organizational ability to perform logical tasks with data without connecting to a database. This article uses a small application written using VBScript, ADO 2.1, and an Excel spreadsheet to record and print computer expenses for tax preparations. The standalone recordset is saved in XML format, and the file can be updated with new data simply by reopening as a recordset and using normal recordset methods. [Read This Article][Top]
Storing frequently used lookup data in a database is a great idea (e.g. order status codes, state names, etc.) that saves tremendous amounts of time in design and maintenance. However, retrieving that data from the database every time it is needed is very inefficient. This article describes how to use Application variables to cache frequently used lookup data in memory to achieve lightning fast access times. In my tests, I've seen as much as a 5000% increase in performance. [Read This Article][Top]
Many offices, particularly in military and government organizations, are required to have someone in charge during office hours. If the official manager is absent, that person delegates responsibility to someone else as acting, but who?
A Key Personnel Today table shows who is acting in every official position and how to reach them.
