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Developing ASP Components offers comprehensive instruction for creating and implementing server-side components for the Microsoft Web server platform. You can build Microsoft components with different languages, and author Shelley Powers covers the bases with equal coverage of Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual J++ development.

The first part of the book offers a very readable introduction to Active Server Pages (ASP) components, the Component Object Model (COM), thread implementation, and transactions. This section explains how the elements of the ASP processing environment work together and forms the foundation for the remainder of the book. Inside this overview, the author is careful to point out differences among the trio of featured programming languages.

The next section covers Visual Basic component building, access to ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and building multiple-tier ASP components. This section illustrates how an easy-to-use language like VB can offer great productivity. C++ is then covered, with a focus on the language's additional control and, in particular, possibilities for object linking and embedding database (OLE DB) data access. For Java, the author includes coverage of JavaBeans and data access with the Windows Framework Classes (WFC).

With proper focus on the key aspects of each language and plenty of practical examples, this title squarely hits the mark as a guide for budding ASP developers.

This kit contains expertise available from no other source, plus tools, samples, and resources developed and used internally by the Microsoft IIS development team.

The CD-ROMs provide additional utilities, a sampler of third-party tools, and detailed information on capacity planning and using IIS to set up an Internet Service Provider site.

Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Programming Unleashed will guide the reader in developing more effective and efficient programs and applications. Coverage of SQL Server programming methods in a large, enterprise environment is also included. Some of the valuable topics that will be covered are: - Scalability issues and Enterprise Environment coverage. - Writing Effective Code. - Data Modeling Tools. - Visual InterDev. - Transact-SQL DeBugger. - Advanced coding for ODBC and other connectivity tools. - Migration to SQL Server from another database. - Create modules and business objects for a fictitious business. - Programming solutions for Data Warehouse, Internet and Intranet applications. - Develop Distributed Applications. - Front-end development tools/languages such as Visual Basic, Visual C++, Delphi and PowerBuilder.

• Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 is a scalable, high performance database management system for Windows NT-based systems. It is the fastest database for Windows NT!
• The Unleashed treatment provides comprehensive coverage aimed at advanced SQL programmer and developer
• Covers programming techniques for developing data warehouse, Internet and intranet applications
• Enterprise Edition features: two-node failover via cluster server and the ability to access 3G of memory

Active Server Pages Unleashed offers a comprehensive guide to Microsoft's solution for building advanced Web sites. In particular, it covers all of the new and advanced features of Active Server Pages included with Internet Information Server version 4.0. If you are interested in creating a commercial quality Web site, then you should read this book. This book covers:

• All of the Active Server Pages scripting languages.
  You learn how to create Active Server Pages with HTML, VBScript, and JScript.
• How to capture and process the contents of HTML forms.
  Learn how to use HTML forms to gather information from your users.
• How to create a Chat and Statistics program.
  Learn how to create a Chat program with Active Server Pages to allow your users to interact. Learn how to use Active Server Pages to create a statistics program to discover who is using your Web site.
• How to integrate a database with your Web site.
  More than six chapters of this book are devoted to using Active Server Pages with a database. You learn how to use all of the advanced features of the ActiveX Data Objects and the SQL language.
• The new file system object.
  With the new file system object, you can check whether a file exists, create new directories and gain complete control over your computer's file system.
• How to create your own ActiveX components.
  You learn how to extend Active Server Pages with your own components written in JAVA or Visual Basic.