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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/31/07 00:11
Shelly wrote:
> "Herb Martin" <news@learnquick.com> wrote in message
>>
>> Using .Net isn't bad, but it's another, usually separate, strategy.
>
> ....but MARKETABLE!
>
Depends. I find a lot more for PHP and Perl (OS/Webserver independent
languages) than I do for anything MS-centric.
>
> Looking further into it since I posted this, there are quite a few controls
> that are there that I have had to spend time in PHP to accomplish. For
> example, I often have had to do a validation section of multiple inputs and
> then echo messages if there were missing items, etc. They have a control to
> do it and all you need do is drag and drop and set a few things in the
> properties box (like which object it validates and the error message
> associated with it). There is also a range control. The grid control is
> also very nice as it does all the DB access and putting to the screen --
> with paging. All of these took time when I did them in php, so maybe it is
> not so bad :-) ?
>
Of you want the bloat, fine. But I find it pretty easy to do validation
in PHP. And more efficient, also. But then I grew up programming when
efficiency meant something.
> Yeah, that should be possible. However, it would be nice if it went
> directly to MySQL. Of course that would mean that they might lose on their
> big moneymaker -- SQLServer.
>
Works fine with ODBC. But MS doesn't WANT you to connect to non-MS
databases.
>>> and my server doesn't seem to understand the aspx controls. This last
>
> They are the server that the MySQL db and the web site that I just developed
> are located on. The asp controls didn't appear when I put the file there.
> No big deal. This is a learning exercise for me. I am trying to duplicate
> that site using .NET and ASP. So, I installed SQLServer Compact on my local
> machine (THAT was an experience!) and hook up to that. I simply exported
> the tables from the MySQL and put them in SQLServer. Now I can go to town
> with my learning and try to redo that site on my local machine.
>
Get a real website. They're not that expensive.
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