ASP on UNIX

Ph0eniX

What are some free tools that I could use in order to run ASP code on UNIX and do they support MDAC?

TIA,

bretticus

So why are you posting this question on a PHP forum? And why the hell would you want to use ASP on UNIX? By the way it's called ChiliSoft and like everything else Microsoft-related, it costs money. And If you really want to use a microsoft database, that costs money too unless ChiliSoft comes with drivers.

My suggestion, use PHP and MySQL instead and come on back to this here PHP forum with a question applicable to a PHP forum.

_SuperString

Ye, as per the above post. ASP sucks, use PHP. Chillisoft is a pile of mince.

crisward

I started off on ASP and its a much easier language to learn. I have also developed web apps with Chillisoft and I didn't mind that too much.

The trouble with the Chilli is that many of the simple things like file uploads and sending emails are impossible without buying their spice rack addons ( which most web hosts dont offer as standard ). So you still end up resorting to PHP or Perl.

Also the graphics stuff via GD and Ming are not possible in ASP. The only realy good side of ASP I think is how easy it is to set up on a PC via IIS or as a test bed of PWS.

My first dabbles with databases were ASP and MS Access. Learning SQL this way was nice and easy as you can use access as a gui, then tranlate what it does to raw sql.

After saying all that, learning PHP was certainly worth the hike. Its fast, reliable and with a few tools like phpMyAdmin and this and other php sites, working with php is a lot more fun.

Cris.

Ph0eniX

Originally posted by bretticus
So why are you posting this question on a PHP forum? And why the hell would you want to use ASP on UNIX? By the way it's called ChiliSoft and like everything else Microsoft-related, it costs money. And If you really want to use a microsoft database, that costs money too unless ChiliSoft comes with drivers.

My suggestion, use PHP and MySQL instead and come on back to this here PHP forum with a question applicable to a PHP forum.

MySQL doesn't support stored procs at this time.

_SuperString

Good point, MySQL is poor in comparison to MS SQL Server. But you can use SQL Server with PHP !.
I worked with ASP about a year ago, and it was'nt that bad, infact it was better than Coldfusion. But after using PHP for a while, I can say that ASP is no comparison to PHP, PHP has a future - ASP's future is now ASP.NET !
If you have lots of money then spend it how you like.

bretticus

MySQL doesn't support stored procs at this time.

Use PostGreSQL then!!!

tomhath

ASP isn't a language; most people use VBScript, JScript, COM, or some conglomeration; but COM on UNIX? Javascript, perl, or PHP is way better than VBScript.

Database has nothing to do with ASP. The interface (ADO) is really slow. You can use stored procs from php or cgi.

Ph0eniX

Originally posted by tomhath
ASP isn't a language

Good point. People usually refer to Server Side VBS as ASP.