ASP faq page

[Rosco]

I'm just getting a grasp on ASP. Why do some pages use ASP for pages
that seem to have no active content? As an example see:

http://www.insightful.com/support/faq.asp

I can't see any reason why this could not be faq.htm. Is there an
advantage in using ASP files even if there is no ASP code on the page?

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]]

You can't tell by viewing the source whether or not they're using ASP - it's
all rendered as HTML by the time you see it in your browser.

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[Tom Gahagan]

From a quick look at the link I would imagine that the listing of the top
faq's is derived from a database... perhaps the reason for the asp. Just a
thought anyway!

Best to you.......
Tom Gahagan

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Yes, as it maintains the active session state.

You can not tell if the page has active content or not, as you can not see any ASP/VBScript in a
browser.

On the link you provided, the This Month's Top FAQ's link are being pulled from a database otherwise
someone would have manually keep track of the top FAQs each month and then update the page.

Also this link tell you that it is database driven:
http://www.insightful.com/support/faqdetail.asp?FAQID=164&IsArchive=0

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[Rosco]

OK - thank you all for your answers. Next question - what is ASPX?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

ASPX = ASP.net, the next step up from ASP.

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[Jon Spivey]

..aspx is the file extension for asp.net pages - the new version of ASP.

 

[Andrew Murray]

ASP code doesn't necessarily "do something you can see" - it might be doing
something behind the scenes, like writing a cookie to your computer or
something less obvious such as writing a record of your visit to a site
visitor stats log etc.

In any case, as pointed out already, all you will see is HTML page rendered
by the ASP script output.