Active Server Pages

Active Server Pages (ASP) is Microsoft’s server-based technology for creating dynamic Web pages. The data they display is often linked to a database through a scripting language such as VBScript. A common use of Active Server Pages is in company intranets. It certainly is one of the most popular ways to build Web pages that display up-to-date server-generated data. For example, Microsoft’s Web site has Active Server Pages. An example of a Microsoft Web address using ASP is www.microsoft.com/biztalk/using/tips/default.asp.

The following are some of the reasons for the popularity of ASP:

  • Browser Independent— Because Active Server Pages are executed on the Web server and not within the browser, they are said to be browser-independent. ...

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