liquidknight
03-10-2002, 09:46 AM
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 | View Full Version : What's da difference between microsoft ASP, and the ASP that's on UNIX servers? -nt ho247 03-10-2002, 09:52 AM There is none. ASP on a Unix server is the same, as it uses software such as Chillisoft to compile the ASP code so that it works on Unix servers. But ASP is already built into Windows servers. More and more people are now using Unix servers to process ASP pages since it's more stable than running Windows servers :). Alan iisset 03-10-2002, 09:57 AM nicely said ho247 :stickout tellme1 03-10-2002, 10:02 AM Good question. Although I have visited www.apache-asp.org, I want to ask that question as well. anybody care to shed some light on this? NexDog 03-10-2002, 11:21 AM Originally posted by iisset nicely said ho247 :stickout Then it shows how much you, and the previous poster know about asp on Unix. :rolleyes: Standard asp install on Unix is Apache ASP. Let's see you run an Access database off that. It can only handle to odd page and even then, not very well. Chillisoft is a little better but it's still a gimmick. Bottom line. You want to host a full ASP driven site, get a Windows box. kmb999 03-10-2002, 11:31 AM ASP on a *nix server is extremely limited as compared to ASP on a Windows server. avara 03-10-2002, 11:59 AM While many people are migrating ASP driven web sites from Windows to Unix, it has to be said that many modules are not supported under Chili!Soft. As such, as has already been stated: if you do have an ASP web site, you'll probably want a Windows-based host. But in all honesty, with PHP and MySQL, there really is no excuse to use ASP in the first place. And if you do already have an ASP web site, there are services that allow you to easily forward migrate your web site to a PHP/MySQL solution. ho247 03-10-2002, 12:45 PM NexDog, from what I knew, ASP on Windows and Unix has no difference. But personally I've never used ASP, I only code in PHP/MySQL. But what avara said is very true, if you're moving to Unix, why not just port the code to PHP and use MySQL instead of Access? :) Alan liquidknight 03-10-2002, 12:49 PM Alright, thanks people, for shedding the light. :) The Laughing Cow 03-10-2002, 02:11 PM I think it's a little more complex then "But in all honesty, with PHP and MySQL, there really is no excuse to use ASP in the first place." Logically- if you are a skilled ASP programmer why bother learning PHP. Before we get into the big ASP PHP debate. I think .NET looks promising but I have no time to learn :( |