.htm vs .asp

[Guest]

Semi newbie here, Question: What is the difference between a .htm, .asp,
..html? I have a website in which I built it on FP2003. All of my files are
..htm, but I have noticed that some webites that are built on FP are .asp as
well. What purpose does that serve and what are the benefits of this
extension (.asp)?

Thanks,

Henry

 

[Mike Mueller]

htm = html. All content is 'assembled' on the client
machine

asp. Active server page. The page is assembled at the server
and then sent out as htm to the client. An example would be
a list of names in a database. An asp page can pull the
info from the database and put it onto the page. I use a
database for our membership list and can call the names from
any page. If the membership changes I just need to update
the database. The pages do no need to be edited as they are
created each time the page is requested. Other asp pages
may be code only, and never dispaly on the clien machine.
It could also be just straight html, in which the server
would do no processing on it


Henry Contreras wrote:
: Semi newbie here, Question: What is the difference
: between a .htm, .asp, .html? I have a website in which I
: built it on FP2003. All of my files are .htm, but I have
: noticed that some webites that are built on FP are .asp
: as well. What purpose does that serve and what are the
: benefits of this extension (.asp)?
:
: Thanks,
:
: Henry