>Does it mean that one does NOT have to hold state (hold variables)
>with text files, dbms, etc? Because if that is the case, it appears that it
>would be much more efficient, and create a much faster, secure and better
>way than writing CGI type scripts. If I have my facts clear, could someone
>let me know, or tell me if I am missing something?
Yes, it does.. asp keeps state with the use of session variables which is a
unique id assigned to every new 'session' via a cookie. Its all done behind
the sceens (ahh, micorsoft) but it makes access to session variables very
easy.. i.e.
session("username") = "Bob"
username = session("username")
.. username now = Bob
and of course these are kept in the server memeory for use on any page
(unique to the client).
Drawbacks: its cookie based.. its vbScript (not half as robust as perl)
jm2c,
James
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