Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages 2.0 in 21 Days (Teach Yourself Series) (Paperback)

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If Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) is your Web server, Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) can be one of your most powerful tools. ASP enables you to develop and deploy highly interactive Web sites quite efficiently. Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages 2.0 in 21 Days can help you become an ASP expert.

As its title implies, the book presents a three-week tutorial consisting of daily lessons. A chart inside the front cover outlines the learning schedule. Week one begins with overview chapters about ASP, but progresses quickly through using data entry forms, working with scriptlets, and working with HTTP transactions. The important Request object is covered by the sixth day, and you work with cookies on the seventh.

The second week continues the pace with a focus on Web databases and ActiveX Database Objects--a key Microsoft object model used throughout its products. Along the way, you'll build a database application and work with SQL. This week also covers how to use cookies for intersession information management. The final week of study covers advanced topics such as programming with Visual Basic and ActiveX, security, custom components, and Win32 API access.

While this book teaches about ASP, it also illustrates how to use the technology effectively. This title helps you utilize the powerful development technologies of IIS to create your own professional-quality Web sites. --Stephen W. Plain

Product Description

In just 21 days, the reader will use Active Server Page (ASP) technology to create their own active Web pages and applications. They will begin by working with the fundamentals of ASP and then move on to more advanced topics, such as workin -Active Server Page technology has existed for less than two years and is just now moving out of the testing stages into the mainstream -This New and Improved edition will be expanded from 14 to 21 days -It incorporates the feedback of previous readers. This book will be reviewed by members of the Active Server Pages list server to help insure it is the best tutorial available

Product Details

• Paperback: 650 pages
• Publisher: Sams (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672313332
• ISBN-13: 978-0672313332
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,143,039 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent examples of ASP Code using ADO, September 15, 1999

By A Customer

The book assumes that you can access a server that can execute ASP. I used Personal Web Server that ships with VB 6.0 on Windows 98. I typed in several of the examples in the first few chapters and all of the code works and is complete. I also downloaded all of the source code from this site. I set up the odbc connections as shown and the code from ch10,11, and 12 is flawless. I haven't completed the other chapters yet. The author illustrates the frontpage editor to build forms which will save a lot of programming time on real projects. I used frontpage express(the cut down version of frontpage) and it generates the same Java code found in the authors examples. I appreciate the use of real world examples as opposed to meaningless snippets of code in countless other books.

I would like to thank the author for this terrific book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book but a few errors, January 21, 2001

By	Riley Ackerman (Regina, Canada) - See all my reviews

This book is great, my website is much improved because of it but, in the coding examples there are many mistakes, After you read the book though you should be able to correct these. I also found it very simple to edit applications to create amazing databases and asp pages. I suggest this book for people who havde general knowledge of html. Check it out!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Complete Garbage!!!, September 2, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this book to obviously learn how to code Active Server Pages, what I got was a book with too many coding errors. The Author explains in the beginning of the book how some debugging was sacrificed. I went through the first six days, and not one program worked! I am so upset with this book that I want Sanjaya Hettihewa to personally apologize for this "book", and give me my money back with interest. If I could give this book negative stars, I would. If you learn by doing, this book is an absolute must miss.