"Systems Admin" <Systems Admin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> I need to write a program/script that gathers some data from Windows
> systems, compare it with SQL Database and update if it's changed.
>
> My question is what should i use? VBScript or VB.Net?
>
> Here is my background..
> I am a systems administrator.
> I have experience with: C, C++, Visual C++, VBScript
> I know little bit about: VB 6.0, Java
> I don't know anything about: dotNet (but would like
> to learn :) )
>
> I am sure that i can do my task with VBScript.
> But since this is not going to be a small script/program, should i go with
> more powerful language like VB.Net even though i don't know much about it?
> Based on my experience, do you think i should go with VB.Net? or just
> stick
> to VBScript?
>
>
> Thank you all for your help.