Tutorials Archive
Speeding Up ASP Page Execution
ASP pages are executed on the fly by a server when they are requested by a visitor. Because they are not compiled, ASP scripts are slow and hold up the processing of an html page. This results in people leaving your site and severely reduces the enjoyment that your asp apps can provide. So what can you do about it?
http://www.aspemporium.com/tutorials.aspx?tid=3
A Proactive Policy For Defeating Linkrot
Learn how to stop linkrot on your site using placeholder asp pages representing old links and a custom 404 error handler page.
http://www.aspemporium.com/tutorials.aspx?tid=15
Creating Custom Collections with .NET
Custom collections in C# are easy to write and make your code base look professional and complete.
http://www.aspemporium.com/tutorials.aspx?tid=14
Email Validation - Explained
The basic rules of email validation that everyone keeps asking for. Plus, implementations of the rules in JScript for classic ASP as well as C# for the .NET framework.
http://www.aspemporium.com/tutorials.aspx?tid=13
Nine Reasons NOT To Use MS Access To Power A DB-Driven Website
On one hand, everyone keeps asking me to compare MS Access to SQL Server. On the other hand, scores of people are sending me feedback asking me to help fix MS Access databases that have been corrupted or that used to work but don't work anymore. The answer to both questions that I usually respond with is... If you care about your data, don't use MS Access... Unfortunately, that answer isn't good enough for anyone (although I found it precise and completely right-on) because it doesn't include any good reasons why you shouldn't use Access. So here's your reasons... in no particular order.
http://www.aspemporium.com/tutorials.aspx?tid=12
"Wizard" me, baby!
Learn to create and deploy your own wizards in your website by using a standardized, easy to use system of HTML forms, javascript and ASP.
http://www.aspemporium.com/tutorials.aspx?tid=11
Handling the "Permission Denied" error
If you are running your own server, there is a quick and easy way to deal with a permission denied error when trying to open or write to files using the FileSystemObject.
http://www.aspemporium.com/tutorials.aspx?tid=9
Using the GetObject() function
GetObject( ) may very well be the ultimate function of VBScript and JScript, but the Microsoft documentation for the function is so weak that no matter how perceptive you are, you could never guess that it was capable of so much.
http://www.aspemporium.com/tutorials.aspx?tid=10
Learning the ASPError Object - ASP's 7th built in object
No more of the old, bland error messages that everyone's used to from the older releases of IIS and ASP. If you're using ASP 3 and IIS 5, you have a new ASP object to work with and might not have even noticed it was there! The ASPError Object allows you to get detailed error information and provides a handy way to get everything you need to know about an error caused by ASP code.
http://www.aspemporium.com/tutorials.aspx?tid=8
Accessing the 8 built-in Events of ASP
There are 8 events available to an ASP programmer. Learn how to use them in your applications.
http://www.aspemporium.com/tutorials.aspx?tid=7
