May 2012
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Classic ASP – Example of a Basic Database Connection (SQLOLEDB)
I’m revisiting some classic ASP functionality, and in this case I’m reviewing how to set up a simple database connection to a SQL Server database. There are of course several ways to get this to work, and in this case we will use the SQLOLEDB provider. Classic ASP is Still Used and Maintained There are…
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HTML5 – Simple Example of Using Text and an Image with the Canvas Element
As part of my ongoing investigations into HTML5 I decided to try my hand at adding some text together with an image to an HTML5 canvas element. I wanted to create a simple navigational interface as shown in the image to the left. As you can see I set the image to overlap the text…
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IIS6 – Change the ASP.NET Version Without Restarting the W3SVC Service Using Aspnet_regiis.exe
Changing the ASP.NET version of a Web site in IIS6 using the IIS Manager GUI requires a restart of the W3SVC service. This means that all sites on your Web server will be affected and sessions will be lost. This isn’t really desirable behavior if you are hosting more than one site on a Web…