> For many parts of the site, I was planning to use perl and AnyDBM.
> But, the information in there might not be readable from an ASP script.
>
> So, my question is: is it possible to make AnyDBM portable so that
> an ASP script will be able to read it ? Could it be done with ActiveX or
> OLE ?
You could write a COM object in Perl that acts as a wrapper around a
AnyDBM file. I'm sure there would be significant slowdowns though.
VBScript can call Perl subroutines and vice versa so worst case the VB
guys could make calls to your Perl subroutines. In fact you can write
half of your .asp page in Perl and the other half in VBScript if it so
suits you.
> If not, how can I make my scripts write to AnyDBM in a format
> readable easilly by an ASP script. (My team-mates are planning to use
> access and ActiveX for their database needs.. Boy, are they in for a
> supprise when they will find out this scheme doesn't handle simultanious
> read/write accesses without data corruption or error....)
Doesn't ADO handle that? It does just about everything else!
It sounds like using a true SQL database would suit and ASP would suit
everyone's needs.
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