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Introduction to ColdFusion Express for ASP Developers

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Language
VBScript
Product
ColdFusion, IIS
Server User Group
Active Server Pages
Task
Database Interface, Site Design
Technology
Server Scripting

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Introduction to ColdFusion Express for ASP Developers
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Short Description
We learn and compare programming ColdFusion to ASP by creating a simple Guest Book Application.

Long Description
ColdFusion has a powerful language for creating server-side web applications. Join us as we learn and compare programming ColdFusion to ASP by creating a simple Guest Book Application.

Author: Scott Isaacs
Date/ Version: 12/22/1999
Submission URL: http://www.SiteExperts.com/tips/backend/ts16/page1.asp
Submission Date: Dec 22,1999
Last Update: Dec 22,1999

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Products ColdFusion Express (11/1/1999 12:15:40 PM)

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Overall Rating: 4.7

gpupurs on Dec 23, 1999 at 8:48:56 AM Rating: 4
Good article... It's also useful for those going from CF to ASP. One thing you didn't mention (which is more important if people are unfamiliar with ASP) is the shortcut notation for Response.Write. Instead of

Response.Write ("Welcome to " & website)

it's often easier (and more like CF) to write

Welcome to <%=website%>

This can be handy if you've got a lot of HTML to write out and don't want to quote and ampersand the whole thing. IMHO, the following (adapted from a chunk of the article's code) is a bit easier to code, read, and update to more complex HTML.

while not oRS.eof
' Output individual guest
%>
<%= oRS("name") %> 
<%= oRS("comment") %> 
<%=oRS("date") %>
<%
oRS.movenext
wend

It is a bit unorthodox, though, breaking up the ASP code with an HTML block...

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