Category: ASP

1. What is “ASP Syntax” really about? ASP Syntax = the rules that tell the server how to separate: normal HTML (which is sent to the browser unchanged) server-side code (which runs on the...

ASP Variables — the very next lesson after “ASP Syntax” in the famous W3Schools ASP Tutorial. This lesson is extremely important because almost everything you do in Classic ASP starts with variables: storing user...

1. What is a “Procedure” in Classic ASP? In Classic ASP (VBScript), a procedure is just a named block of reusable code — exactly like a function or subroutine in other languages. There are...

1. What are Conditional Statements in VBScript? Conditional statements let your code make decisions — they ask questions and run different blocks of code depending on the answer. In VBScript (the default language inside...

VBScript Looping. This is the exact lesson that comes right after VBScript Conditional Statements in the W3Schools ASP track, and it is absolutely essential because almost every real Classic ASP page needs to repeat...

ASP Forms and User Input. This is exactly the lesson that comes after ASP Procedures in the W3Schools Classic ASP tutorial, and it is the heart of why people used Classic ASP in the...

1. What is a Cookie in Classic ASP? A cookie is a small piece of text data that the server sends to the browser and the browser sends back with every future request to...

1. What is the Session Object in Classic ASP? The Session object is a server-side storage area that is unique for each visitor (or more precisely: for each browser session). It lets you store...

1. What is the Application Object in Classic ASP? The Application object is a global, shared storage area that belongs to the entire web application (i.e., your whole website), not to individual users. It...

1. What does “Including Files” mean in Classic ASP? Including files means taking the content of one .asp / .inc file and inserting it into another file at runtime — exactly as if you...