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MVA <william.mva@btconnect.com> said the following:
>Hi all,
>
>First of all, my apologies for posting in the wrong newsgroups if this does
>not apply.

Please learn to just where is appropriate and where is not or forever be 
a cybaxre.

Hopefully other responders will trim newsgroups as more than one is well 
OT for your requirements, unfortunately no-one knows which ones you are 
actually reading.

F/U set as none of the groups I see this is x-posted to are relevant.

-- 
Pedt

Sorry about that, I just thought that maybe someone might have experience in
this could help, it was web related in a way... sorry bout that.

Will



"Pedt" <bofh@pkuatb.net> wrote in message
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> MVA <william.mva@btconnect.com> said the following:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >First of all, my apologies for posting in the wrong newsgroups if this
does
> >not apply.
>
> Please learn to just where is appropriate and where is not or forever be
> a cybaxre.
>
> Hopefully other responders will trim newsgroups as more than one is well
> OT for your requirements, unfortunately no-one knows which ones you are
> actually reading.
>
> F/U set as none of the groups I see this is x-posted to are relevant.
>
> --
> Pedt

ASP is a method to script actions on the web server. XML is a format to
represent data and structure which new browsers can understand. They are
different things. ASP pages can generate XML output. So can SQL Server as a
return type from queries. None of this is trivial, there are definate
strategy and design decisions needed before setting off on a real project.


--
-JE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
John Ehlers
FieldScope, LLC
Measurement and Reporting Systems
www.fieldscope.com
203.637.1922


"MVA" <william.mva@btconnect.com> wrote in message
news:lmoj7.45205$ZU6.89383@NewsReader...
> Hi all,
>
> First of all, my apologies for posting in the wrong newsgroups if this
does
> not apply.  Sorry.
>
> Now, here is the scenerio:
>
> I am needing to create a database, where the end product would be in the
> form of a hardcopy, on the web, and also on CD.
>
> I have decided to use MS Access for the actual database for future
> maintenance reasons.
>
> I have begun learning ASP, but I was chatting to a few individuals and
they
> suggested that I look into XML.
>
> Ok, my questions and concerns are:
>
> ## Can someone briefly tell me the difference between XML and ASP?  My
> understanding is that ASP is like server based in terms of accessing, but
> XML is more browser based?  Is this right or have I been grossly
> misinformed?
>
> ## For this project, should I use ASP or XML?  Or is it a case of I have
to
> use both?
>
> ## I only have until the end of March 2002 to try to complete this
project,
> for learning purposes, is it feasible for me to learn both ASP and XML in
> between this time?  AND put it into use of course... =)
>
> ## If it is not feasible, then which would you recommend I learn and use?
>
> ## I read recently from an ASP NG that it was near impossible for ASP to
> work on CDs cause it would need the machine itself to be set up with
things
> like PWS etc etc in order for it to work.  My question, would I be able to
> use XML, and cut into CDs and have the database work from there? (Like a
> standalone exe program)
>
> ## For the web version of the database, I would require it to be
> searchable... I am guessing that XML would be better suited to this than
> ASP... judging from what my friends told me in the chat before... what are
> your views?
>
> Many many thanks in advance.  Look forward to hear from you all.
>
> Thank you.
> Will
>
>
>
>

> I am needing to create a database, where the end product would be in the
> form of a hardcopy, on the web, and also on CD.
>
> ## Can someone briefly tell me the difference between XML and ASP?

That's like asking the difference between apples and oranges.  ASP is a
server-side technology that runs on IIS/PWS (MS' web server) and allows
dynamic code-driven delivery of HTML pages.  XML is a way of representing
data.

> My understanding is that ASP is like server based in terms of accessing,
but
> XML is more browser based?

Some browsers (like IE5) have the ability to display raw XML data in a
format governed by the template provided by the developer.

> ## For this project, should I use ASP or XML?  Or is it a case of I have
to
> use both?

For the web-server you can use ASP, it would be a good choice.  Not for the
CD version though.  As for XML, I see no real use for XML in this project.

> ## I only have until the end of March 2002 to try to complete this
project,
> for learning purposes, is it feasible for me to learn both ASP and XML in
> between this time?  AND put it into use of course... =)

That depends on you.  I'd say it is.

> ## If it is not feasible, then which would you recommend I learn and use?

I recommend you buy a book on ASP and a book on XML and read them rather
than excessively cross-posting on usenet.

> ## I read recently from an ASP NG that it was near impossible for ASP to
> work on CDs cause it would need the machine itself to be set up with
things
> like PWS etc etc in order for it to work.  My question, would I be able to
> use XML, and cut into CDs and have the database work from there? (Like a
> standalone exe program)

You obviously don't understand what XML is.  XML is just a method of
representing data, it is not a languge or an application or a scripting
programme.

<customer>
<name type="string">John</name>
<age type="integer">25</name>
</customer>

That is XML.  It shows that a customer has a name and an age, the name is a
string equal to "John" and the age is an int equal to 25.

> ## For the web version of the database, I would require it to be
> searchable... I am guessing that XML would be better suited to this than
> ASP...

No, see above.  You'd use ASP to search your database.

> judging from what my friends told me in the chat before... what are
> your views?

My view is that you find new friends to get technical advice from :)

>
> > judging from what my friends told me in the chat before... what are
> > your views?
>
> My view is that you find new friends to get technical advice from :)
>
I would second that. :^)