Bill -
Thanks for saying something regarding that last post from Jim - I too don't
like to see the term ASP used, this is a CF board - lets keep it that way!
My hat's off to Bill, but I am in agreement with Jim.
Happy Mothers Day.
Tom
At 10:58 PM 5/5/00, you wrote:
>Please don't use the foul language on this list. While I am sure that many
>would agree with your use of it, we are all adults and we can find many,
>many other words in the English dictionary to use instead. Thanks for not
>using them in the future.
>
>Bill
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 10:32 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Is there anything that ASP can do and CF cannot?
> >
> >
> > I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the differences between "a coding point
> > of view" and "functionality". At this stage of the process they're really
> > one and the same. Functionality that can't be achieved though convenient
> > means is just about useless for all but the most diehard coders. With the
> > current state of the two environment, ASP'S user defined functions rival
> > CF's simplicity in database connectivity in usefulness for anything but
> > the most trivial applications. The nice thing about CF is that it seems
> > to be moving quickly toward those areas most sought after by it's user
> > while Microsoft continues, as always, to say "fuck you" to it's
> > developers.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Leong Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Friday, May 05, 2000 6:52 PM
> > Subject: RE: Is there anything that ASP can do and CF cannot?
> >
> >
> > >User defined functions. If only ColdFusion could have what VBScript and
> > >Javascript have. That's actually from a coding point of view rather than
> > >functionality.
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: aslam bajaria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:32 AM
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: Is there anything that ASP can do and CF cannot?
> > >
> > >
> > >I was just wondering if there is something that cannot
> > >be done in CF and can be done in ASP? Has anyone
> > >encountered such an instance.
> > >
> > >My understanding is that Active Server Pages (ASP) are
> > >theoretically equivalent to Cold Fusion Pages but
> > >using Microsoft proprietary programming. My guess is
> > >that we can do the same thing with Cold Fusion what we
> > >can do in ASP.It wouldn't surprise me if Microsoft has
> > >placed barriers to using other environments with its
> > >products such as MS SQL Server.
> > >
> > >Appreciate.
> > >A.B.
> >
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