When you learn to hand code, you learn ASP/VBScript.
By learn ASP/VBScript you gain the ability to incorporate other functionality that you might need
down the road, which is just not possible to implement when using the FP database components.
For very basic adding or displaying of data the FP database component are a good starting ground.
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"Augie Dawg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm a little surprised at the responses that urges hand coding vs. use of higher level tools like
> the FP database components. While they aren't perfect, I've found them to be great productivity
> enhancers. I've spent a fraction of the time developing the database side of my site than if I
> had hand coded it. What is the rationale for promoting hand coding? It seems that if hand coding
> is better than using the higher level tool, then by extension we should all be coding in assembly
> language rather than the higher level tools like VB Script.
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> A.D.
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> "Thomas A. Rowe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> No, just learn how to hand code your ASP and not rely on the FP database components.
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>> "Clark" <non-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> So if you upgrade to fp2003, you are requiring your isp to have asp.net to get around snags like
>>> that?
>>>
>>>>See the second part of this KB article:
>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;817029
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