[AccessD] multi-platform ASP was: OT: Yee Haw....

Drew Wutka DWUTKA at marlow.com
Wed Feb 12 00:41:01 CST 2003


Hey, at least none of the languages require correct spelling with variable
names (just consistent spelling!) <VBG>

Drew  (Who just spelled consistent as 'consistant' <VBG>)

-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Barabash [mailto:BBarabash at tappeconstruction.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:23 PM
To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] multi-platform ASP was: OT: Yee Haw....


>because something cannot be both less then, and greater then another
>number

Uh, Mr. Nitpick, I believe you mean less THAN, and greater THAN... <VBG>

I've use the lower case variable debugging method as well (A97,A2K,VB6).
Currently, the mountains of legacy A2 code I am maintaining requires
absolute precision when typing in variable names.  Then there are the C
programs and shell scripts that I have written using nothing more than a
simple text editor...

I look forward to returning to a code editor with automatic capitalization.
I swear that I am becoming arthritic from repeatedly reaching for the Shift
key with my pinky fingers!


-----Original Message-----
From: Drew Wutka [mailto:DWUTKA at marlow.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:05 PM
To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] multi-platform ASP was: OT: Yee Haw....


Sorry for the late reply, been moving this weekend! <phew...more like
arg....>

Don't get me started Brett! <VBG>  First of all, what demented whacko
decided that != is 'not equal'?  ! is for factorial.  How does that turn an
equal sign into a 'not equal' sign.  However, <> does make mathematical
sense, because something cannot be both less then, and greater then another
number, so it represents an inequality...at least more then a factorial
does!

As far as the 'A' versus 'a', well, I supposed that if I just kept my
fingers away from the shift key, it would be a moot point.  But, I give
higher makes to a development environment that helps you code.

In a VBE, if you go:

Dim strTemp As String

Then later you write:

sttemp="Hello"

When you go to the next line, and you don't see your variables 'capitalize',
you can take a second and go back to fix them, instead of wasting time
debugging a simple typo....

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Barabash [mailto:BBarabash at tappeconstruction.com]
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:39 AM
To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] multi-platform ASP was: OT: Yee Haw....


>but if you have decent programming skills and can stand learning 
>something new, PHP shouldn't be too hard to pick up.

Of course, there is the whole A!=a (or A<>a for the non-C folks) issue that
Drew suggested.  <rolls eyes>

I'd launch into a "new generation of programmers" rant, but I'm 27 and don't
have a CS degree.  I did take some C,C++ and JAVA courses in college, and
letter-perfect syntax has been ingrained into me.  Plus, working on as many
legacy A2 apps as I have, I am used to the editor changing lngMyVarName to
lngmyvarname if I am too lazy to type it in properly.  Thus, I am pretty
picky about that sort of thing.  One's own environment dictates the style...


-----Original Message-----
From: Seth Galitzer [mailto:sgsax at ksu.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:27 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] multi-platform ASP was: OT: Yee Haw....


Tom,

Actually, it does.  Sun bought a company called ChiliSoft which created
a cross-platform ASP interface.  It's expensive, but if you've got to
have ASP, it's the best way to go.  I believe there are others, but the
former ChiliSoft product is supposed to be the best.

Having said that, why bother forcing ASP if you don't have to.  PHP is a
great product, AND it's free, AND it's no harder to learn than any other
language.  ASP is easier to learn for people who have only had
VB/VBA/VBScript experience, but if you have decent programming skills
and can stand learning something new, PHP shouldn't be too hard to pick
up.

Seth

On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 10:01, Tom Adams wrote:
> Oh.  So ASP runs on *Nix now?
> 
> Tom (As the operating system goes, so goes the programming language.)
Adams
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Drew Wutka" <DWUTKA at marlow.com>
> To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:43 PM
> Subject: [AccessD] OT: Yee Haw....
> 
> 
> > Just wrote my first PHP page......
> > 
> > Okay...I'm sticking with ASP thankyou! <VBG>
> > 
> > Drew

-- 
Seth Galitzer			sgsax at ksu.edu
Computing Specialist		http://puma.agron.ksu.edu/~sgsax
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Kansas State University

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