ACC97: How to Verify That ASP Is Working on Your Web Server

• Microsoft Access 97

SUMMARY

This article describes the steps to test your Web server to make sure that the Active Server Pages (ASP) feature is working correctly.

MORE INFORMATION

The following steps walk you through opening the Active Server Pages Roadmap and executing one of the ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) sample pages.

NOTE: You must be at the Server computer for these steps to work

Steps to Test Your Server

1. Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Internet Server or Microsoft Personal Web Server, and click Active Server Pages Roadmap.

2. Select the More Samples hyperlink from the ASP In Action column.

3. Click the "ADO using Server.CreatObject" hyperlink.

   Results:

   You should see table returned with Order information. If you see the table, then both Active Server Pages and ADO are working correctly.

   If you did not see the table, you need to verify that Active Server Pages was installed correctly.

REFERENCES

For additional help with installing Active Server Pages, please see the Active Server Pages Web site on the Microsoft World Wide Web at the following address

   http://www.microsoft.com/iis/LearnAboutIIS/ActiveServer/default.asp

   msnews.microsoft.public.inetserver.iis.activeserverpages

For additional information on Personal Web Server, please see the Personal Web Server Site on the Microsoft World Wide Web site at the following address:

   http://www.microsoft.com/ie/iesk/