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This article provides sample source code for a user query parser which allows users to submit full-text search queries from ASP to SQL Server 2000. Full source code available for download.

This article illustrates a technique to provide dynamic content generated from an ASP page onto a static HTML page. Specifically it explains how to display a page counter on a number of static HTML pages.

Session variables can store user-specific information for you. This tutorial explain how to configure your server and how they work (and when they don't).

Here are a set of very useful functions that allows you to pass variables around via forms, querystrings, and/or cookies. Source code available for download. More free help at www.webforumz.com

This example code demonstrates how to link and display text files within a single document in ASP. Using the title of the text files as hyperlinks, when clicked the file name, the full contents of the document will be displayed. Very useful for making copybooks and file layouts available online.

This article shows how to publish and distribute Microsoft Access reports on the web using ASP.

There are several ways to maintain state in ASP. This article takes a look at them, and a means to determine which ones are best to employ.

This article describes how to build components that take advantage of the new features in IIS and MTS, and provides an extensive list of tips on building components, performance and process isolation, and debugging.

This tutorial guides you through, in easy to follow steps, the methods needed to build an ASP component in Visual Basic. Includes downloadable source, easy-to-follow example and screen shots for each stage.

Often you will need to display the contents of a file on your server. This article shows you what regular expressions to use to successfully display HTML, including automatically making any hyperlinks live.

This is an overview of SYSTEM DSN's, DSN-LESS Connections, and any database permissions that may need to be set on the server. Helpful for people just learning ASP as well as people with some experience.

By centralizing database code within ActiveX DLL's, you can simplify your development efforts, and decrease the learning curve for new developers. This article explains how to create a Visual Basic ActiveX DLL that controls database functionality.

This article describes a simple, tracking system using ASP that will collect specific information from a visitor which will give you a good idea as to who is visiting your site and what pages are viewed the most. Source code available for download.

Here is an interesting article that explains how to help the authorities in tracking down people who cause sites to send unwanted email to others by subscribing them to one's newsletter or applying for site membership.

The author notes "Displaying content depending on what the current date value is a powerful and effective tool that adds value to any website. Whether it is to showcase a limited time offer, or to �automatically� update pages with new content while you�re miles away." This example code repeats the process to three times to demonstrate the full effects of date dependent content.

Active Server Pages give great performance, but you can make them even faster with a few tweaks to your code and database connections. Here's a detailed tutorial on how to refine your scripts and ASP features for maximum speed.

This article will explain the problems faced with detecting cookies in ASP and address them one by one. You will then be presented with a cookie detection script written in ASP that you can use on your own site.

The XML data island in IE 5.x provides a simple and convenient way to dynamically alter the content of a Web page using data stored either locally or remotely in XML format. This article demonstrates how to change the data content of your Web application pages client side through the use of DHTML events and dynamic data binding with XML island DSOs, and helps you decide in what format the XML should be saved.

A tutorial explaining how to use ASP to direct which clip is being played by a flash movie. A solution involves jumping out of a flash movie into an ASP page, then back again. To accomplish the effect of jumping back in at a specific frame, we simply load some variables into the flash movie and use them to jump to the right frame.

The author writes "When it comes to debugging ASP, you often want to keep track of the variable values throughout the script. This article introduces a procedure that, when invoked, displays all variables in a script along with their values and internal types."