Very Basic, Newbie Level, general info...

[kelemvor]

Howdy all,

I have a web site that was created in FrontPage. It's on a Windows server and supports ASP. I want to put in some database populated pages and such which FP can handle sort of. I want to do some more advanced things but have no idea where to start.

Can someone direct me to any sites that have very basic general info on how it works with Database. How to do queries and populate pages. How to have a link filter a query.

I have done some database page populations with Cold Fusion in the past but never with ASP so any and all help would be great.

Thanks.

[Jacob-Bushnell]

Hi Kelemvor,
FrontPage is not the best ASP editor but here is a site that will help get you started any way.
http://www.wardcameron.com/FrontPage/DRW/Index.htm
Jake Bushnell

[whammy]

Also,

http://www.haneng.com

He does some things primitively, but mostly useful information for a new ASP programmer.

These are also great links:

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com (I love this site)
http://www.aspin.com
http://www.asp101.com

You'll have to eliminate the .NET stuff from your searches if you want pure classic ASP information to begin with though, when you're looking through these sites.

If you really want to learn ASP, I'd recommend buying a book on it, a good starter book is "Beginning ASP 3.0" by Wrox.com. That will give you a somewhat solid foundation...

.NET is really cool, but it's a whole 'nother ball game, and looking at that stuff will just confuse you initially, since they really don't have much to do with one another.