RE: Difference between PHP and JavaScript

not sure if server-side javascript syntax is the same when asp controls it, 
but developer.netscape.com has extensive documentation on the subject. for 
file system issues, try the resource below.

http://developer.netscape.com:80/docs/manuals/js/server/jsguide/misc.htm#1017481

- Cyanide_7

>
>Please tell me how you would access the file system via Javascript in ASP.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Dennis Lapcewich [SMTP:Dennis.Lapcewich(at)unisa.edu.au]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, April 25, 2000 8:51 PM
> > To:	HWG-Languages
> > Cc:	'Nasser Dassi'; Peter Benoit
> > Subject:	RE: Difference between PHP and JavaScript
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > I apologize if you feel offended, but if someone mastered
> > > JavaScript to
> > > its fullest potential, then that person can effectively use it in ASP
> > > instead of VBScript, in addition to its client-side capablities.  In
> > > comparison of JavaScript with VBScript, javascript is actually MORE
> > > powerful than VBScript.
> > >
> > >   (ASP, even though developed by Microsoft, has greatest strength with
> > > JavaScript, not VBScript -- the smaller-scale version of
> > > Visual Basic.)
> > >
> >
> >
> > We just completed a database project using ASP pages.  The pages contain
> > Javascript, VBScript and connect to an SQL server, not to mention 
>utilize
> > SQL,
> > Access, textfile and a vendor-supplied proprietary databases.  While
> > VBScript
> > can be the bees knees with ASP, there are many things it cannot do well,
> > if at
> > all.  This is where Javascript fulfilled the requirements.  It even go 
>to
> > the
> > point where we were transferring variables back and forth between 
>VBScript
> > and
> > Javascript.
> >
> > We went that route because we played on the strengths of each of the
> > scripting
> > languages to achieve the desired results.
> >
> > It was a fun project, and we are glad it is finished.
> >
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > Dennis Lapcewich - Webmaster
> > ITS Corporate Web Services
> > University of South Australia
> > Adelaide, Australia
> > Dennis.Lapcewich(at)UniSA.edu.au
> > www.unisa.edu.au
> >

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