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List:       apache-httpd-users
Subject:    Re: [users@httpd] Apache::ASP problem
From:       "Ehab El Maraghy" <e_elmaraghy () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2004-04-30 10:44:13
Message-ID: BAY18-DAV6ahT2kopUb00007949 () hotmail ! com
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Leif W
Sorry Sorry once again to disturb you with an html form message
I forgot to check the format of my message.
The ASP examples come with the download package I didn't ask myself wether
it is written in PERL or not but logically they must be wriiten in PERL
anyway I will be checking


----- Original Message -----
From: "Leif W" <warp-9.9@usa.net>
To: <users@httpd.apache.org>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Apache::ASP problem


> ========================
> !!!!  PLAIN TEXT PLEASE  !!!!
> ========================
>
> I had to reformat your whole post just to answer.
>
> no images != plain text
> ! html == plain text
>
> If I felt like cleaning up someone else's mess on my screen all the time
> I'd have some babies...  I think I'll make this an optional header .sig.
> ;-)
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ehab El Maraghy
> > To: users@httpd.apache.org
> > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 2:47 AM
> > Subject: [users@httpd] Apache::ASP problem
> >
> > Hi Folks
> > I have an apache 2 webserver installed on a Redhat9,
> > I have installed the Apache::ASP module and have done
> > all steps as recomended the examples are working fine
> > except that ASP pages does not work , I only see Internal
> > Service Error
> > any suggestions
>
> That's a third-party module, so this is probably the wrong list for
> detailed help.  If your Apache 2 installation was working for HTML files
> and possibly CGI scripts before, then that's about as far as this list
> gets you.  Unless others have time to answer, which is always possible.
> :-)
>
> However, let me ask a few things about what TYPE of ASP pages you're
> trying to run.  Are they JSCript or VBScript pages?  If YES, then you
> need to RTFM, it's allon the first line of the FAQ at
> http://apache-asp.org/ .  If NO, are you 100% sure it's Perl code within
> the <% and %>?  If YES or NO, you still need to seek help at the
> Apache::ASP site.  Of course people on here may choose to chime in, I
> don't want to discourage an answer or a pointer or anything, but it's up
> to the moderators to sort that stuff out.  I'm not a list Nazi claiming
> and demanding purity of topic, don't think most here are either.  ;-)
>
> AFAIK, Apache::ASP is currently just a wrapper for mod_perl, to have
> Perl code embedded inside an HTML page with <% and %> marking where the
> code segments begin, and end, respectively, as opposed to a typical Perl
> script, which starts with "#! /usr/bin/perl -w" and is all code, with
> HTML embedded in the code (inside print statements).  That is all ASP
> is, a framework to embed code from any arbitrary language into an HTML
> "page", to make the HTML dynamic, or "active", by running codeon the
> "server", hence the name Active Server Pages.
>
> Currently Apache::ASP only supports Perl, because Perl is free, mod_perl
> is fast, the Apache::ASP is written in Perl (as indicated by the Perl
> Object Oriented name, it doesn't have two colons :: separating Apache
> from ASP for no reason, that's Perl syntax), and JScript or VBScript may
> involve licenses and have every user purchase M$ software (or
> derivatives licensed from other companies).  Until the code for the
> language engines are reverse-engineered from the language reference
> manuals, which are freely available.  Even then, the language and the
> features supported will most likely never match M$'s features 100%.  And
> there's the hairy legal issues involved in ripping off a major company's
> technology and giving it away for free and doing it
> better/faster/smarter than the original.  ;-)
>
> To run ASP-JScript or ASP-VBScript, you need "Sun ONE Active Server
> Pages" (formerly "Chili!Soft ASP") or "Instant ASP from Stryon"
> (formerly "Halcyon Software").  These packages cost several hundred
> dollars each, as they are intended for use in server environments where
> a lot of business is taking place and directly generating revenue.
>
> Leif
>
> P.S. HOLY COW, iASP is about $1,400 for a single intel server!!!!!!  Not
> including mandatory support contract.  JUST USE PHP, it's better!  ;-)
>
>
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