An ASP script can perform a task as simple as displaying the value of a variable to one as complex as sending a SQL statement to a database. This section discusses common tasks that many script authors want to accomplish, such as processing the information returned by an HTML form or debugging a script. If you are new to scripting languages or simply new to ASP, you should review the topics in Using Scripting Languages to learn how to create an ASP page and the basic syntax of ASP commands.
This section contains:
- Sending Content to the Browser: Explains how to control the pages returned to a browser.
- Sending Scripts to the Browser: Explains how to use server scripts to create client scripts.
- Including Files: Explains how to use the #include statement to insert the contents of a file into an ASP file.
- Working with HTML Forms: Explains how to get the data from an HTML form.
- Accessing a Database: Explains how to use the Database Access Component to retrieve information from a database.
- Debugging ASP Scripts: Explains how to use the interactive debugger to find and eliminate errors in your scripts.
- Interpreting ASP Error Messages: Describes the causes of common ASP errors.
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