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My small company has a web site that is developed in "Classic ASP",
which is, I'm told, different from just "ASP". It is clear to me that we are not using ASP.NET. The site is hosted on a shared Windows Server and access a Microsoft SQL Server 2000, I think. We are having a terrible time finding someone to do some code updates. Part of the problem is that I am not familiar enough with ASP to know whether I am asking the right questions. Do I look for a Classic ASP Developer? Our present developer is moonlighting, but he's often too hard to reach, and he's not dependable. If you can suggest a good way to find a
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mcp6453 wrote: > My small company has a web site that is developed in "Classic ASP", > which is, I'm told, different from just "ASP". A few years ago, there was nothing but ASP. Then MS released ASP.Net and insisted on referring to it as ASP, which lead to people coming to this group, which has nothing to do with ASP.Net to ask questions. That lead us to start referring to the older version as "classic" ASP to help distinguish it from ASP.Net [quoted text, click to view] > It is clear to me that > we are not using ASP.NET. The site is hosted on a shared Windows > Server and access a Microsoft SQL Server 2000, I think. > > We are having a terrible time finding someone to do some code updates. > Part of the problem is that I am not familiar enough with ASP to know > whether I am asking the right questions. Do I look for a Classic ASP > Developer? > > Our present developer is moonlighting, but he's often too hard to > reach, and he's not dependable. If you can suggest a good way to find > a moonlighter (guru.com?), I'd appreciate hearing it. "Classic ASP Developer, fluent in vbscript and database applications" seems to fit the bill. Otherwise, I'm not into the hiring end of the biz so I can be of no further assistance. -- Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.
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Bob Barrows [MVP] wrote: >> We are having a terrible time finding someone to do some code >> updates. Part of the problem is that I am not familiar enough >> with ASP to know whether I am asking the right questions. Do I >> look for a Classic ASP Developer? > > "Classic ASP Developer, fluent in vbscript and database > applications" seems to fit the bill. To the OP: Bob's answer assumes none of it is rolled up into DLLs. If parts of your application were written in VB and compiled, adjust accordingly. -- Dave Anderson Unsolicited commercial email will be read at a cost of $500 per message. Use of this email address implies consent to these terms.
What Mr. Barrows implied but did not state is that this is the Classic ASP
Newsgroup. So, you found us old timers! A great idea for getting your job done is to post what needs to be accomplished here, just like a job description would be listed on Monster.com (or where ever). Anyone that reads it and says, "Well, I can do that!" will be able to get back with you on their price. You may want to have them do the work on a test site until you get your product working the way you want, and only then pay the contractor and move your test website over to your live folder. "mcp6453" wrote... [quoted text, click to view] > My small company has a web site that is developed in "Classic ASP", which > is, I'm told, different from just "ASP". It is clear to me that we are not > using ASP.NET. The site is hosted on a shared Windows Server and access a > Microsoft SQL Server 2000, I think. > > We are having a terrible time finding someone to do some code updates. > Part of the problem is that I am not familiar enough with ASP to know > whether I am asking the right questions. Do I look for a Classic ASP > Developer? > > Our present developer is moonlighting, but he's often too hard to reach, > and he's not dependable. If you can suggest a good way to find a > moonlighter (guru.com?), I'd appreciate hearing it.
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mcp6453 wrote: > Sorry to ask this question, but is Classic ASP a dead language? Clearly not. Plenty of us speak it. But it is definitely on the wane. More and more of us spend more and more of our time in ASP.NET these days. -- Dave Anderson Unsolicited commercial email will be read at a cost of $500 per message. Use of this email address implies consent to these terms.
Okay, great. Thanks for all the information. Let me work up a meaningful
post, and I will give it a shot. The site is up and working right now. In fact, it's making money, but we're not getting rich. What we want is some modifications to improve functionality. Unless we find an ASP developer, we're probably going to convert to PHP, which doesn't require a Windows Server. Sorry to ask this question, but is Classic ASP a dead language? [quoted text, click to view] jp2code wrote:
> What Mr. Barrows implied but did not state is that this is the Classic ASP > Newsgroup. So, you found us old timers! > > A great idea for getting your job done is to post what needs to be > accomplished here, just like a job description would be listed on > Monster.com (or where ever). Anyone that reads it and says, "Well, I can do > that!" will be able to get back with you on their price. > > You may want to have them do the work on a test site until you get your > product working the way you want, and only then pay the contractor and move > your test website over to your live folder. > > "mcp6453" wrote... >> My small company has a web site that is developed in "Classic ASP", which >> is, I'm told, different from just "ASP". It is clear to me that we are not >> using ASP.NET. The site is hosted on a shared Windows Server and access a >> Microsoft SQL Server 2000, I think. >> >> We are having a terrible time finding someone to do some code updates. >> Part of the problem is that I am not familiar enough with ASP to know >> whether I am asking the right questions. Do I look for a Classic ASP >> Developer? >> >> Our present developer is moonlighting, but he's often too hard to reach, >> and he's not dependable. If you can suggest a good way to find a >> moonlighter (guru.com?), I'd appreciate hearing it. >
[quoted text, click to view] "Dave Anderson" <NPQRWPDWZGSP@spammotel.com> wrote in message news:%2331a16yGIHA.280@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > mcp6453 wrote: >> Sorry to ask this question, but is Classic ASP a dead language? > > Clearly not. Plenty of us speak it. But it is definitely on the wane. More > and more of us spend more and more of our time in ASP.NET these days. > Don't forget to mention that a Classic ASP website can easily be converted to an ASP.NET website by merely renaming all the .asp files to .aspx files and installing the ASP.NET framework. There is usually very little that needs to be adjusted in the code, depending on the website of course.
I know these guys do Classic ASP development. Rates may not be that much different and will likely be available when needed.
http://www.ASPkey.net [quoted text, click to view] "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote in message news:e%23te86xGIHA.3956@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > My small company has a web site that is developed in "Classic ASP", which is, I'm told, different from just "ASP". It is clear to > me that we are not using ASP.NET. The site is hosted on a shared Windows Server and access a Microsoft SQL Server 2000, I think. > > We are having a terrible time finding someone to do some code updates. Part of the problem is that I am not familiar enough with > ASP to know whether I am asking the right questions. Do I look for a Classic ASP Developer? > > Our present developer is moonlighting, but he's often too hard to reach, and he's not dependable. If you can suggest a good way to > find a moonlighter (guru.com?), I'd appreciate hearing it.
I'll have to second that one!
I've gone to their site many times and borrowed example code. Good bunch. "Jon Paal [MSMD]" wrote... [quoted text, click to view] >I know these guys do Classic ASP development. Rates may not be that much >different and will likely be available when needed. > > http://www.ASPkey.net >
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"jp2code" <poojo.com/mail> wrote in message news:Od4mJd9GIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I'll have to second that one! > > I've gone to their site many times and borrowed example code. > > Good bunch. > > "Jon Paal [MSMD]" wrote... > >I know these guys do Classic ASP development. Rates may not be that much > >different and will likely be available when needed. > > > > http://www.ASPkey.net An anonymous (and vague) testimonial from someone whose "name" ("jp2code") contains the same initials as that of the person posting ("Jon Paal") posted within 7 minutes! I wonder ...
Haha!
No such luck; Joe Pool here. I never even thought of that. Good point. ~Joe http://www.joeswelding.biz/ [quoted text, click to view] "McKirahan" <News@McKirahan.com> wrote in message news:3sqdnRh7DZevKLXanZ2dnUVZ_tijnZ2d@comcast.com... > "jp2code" <poojo.com/mail> wrote in message > news:Od4mJd9GIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> I'll have to second that one! >> >> I've gone to their site many times and borrowed example code. >> >> Good bunch. >> >> "Jon Paal [MSMD]" wrote... >> >I know these guys do Classic ASP development. Rates may not be that >> >much >> >different and will likely be available when needed. >> > >> > http://www.ASPkey.net > > An anonymous (and vague) testimonial from someone whose > "name" ("jp2code") contains the same initials as that of the > person posting ("Jon Paal") posted within 7 minutes! I wonder ... > > >
Really? Is that something that we should investigate?
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> "Dave Anderson" <NPQRWPDWZGSP@spammotel.com> wrote in message > news:%2331a16yGIHA.280@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> mcp6453 wrote: >>> Sorry to ask this question, but is Classic ASP a dead language? >> Clearly not. Plenty of us speak it. But it is definitely on the wane. More >> and more of us spend more and more of our time in ASP.NET these days. >> > > > Don't forget to mention that a Classic ASP website can easily be converted > to an ASP.NET website by merely renaming all the .asp files to .aspx files > and installing the ASP.NET framework. There is usually very little that > needs to be adjusted in the code, depending on the website of course. > >
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"mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote in message news:OivYGLMHIHA.5276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Really? Is that something that we should investigate? Probably not -- in my opinion. ASP.NET - Web Pages http://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/aspnet_pages.asp "ASP.NET is not fully compatible with Classic ASP, but most Classic ASP pages will work fine as ASP.NET pages, with only minor changes." Just changing the extension is not really "converting" the pages. ASP to ASP.NET Migration Assistant http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336624.aspx [quoted text, click to view] > PW wrote: > > "Dave Anderson" <NPQRWPDWZGSP@spammotel.com> wrote in message > > news:%2331a16yGIHA.280@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > >> mcp6453 wrote: > >>> Sorry to ask this question, but is Classic ASP a dead language? > >> Clearly not. Plenty of us speak it. But it is definitely on the wane. More > >> and more of us spend more and more of our time in ASP.NET these days. > >> > > > > > > Don't forget to mention that a Classic ASP website can easily be converted > > to an ASP.NET website by merely renaming all the .asp files to .aspx files > > and installing the ASP.NET framework. There is usually very little that > > needs to be adjusted in the code, depending on the website of course.
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