Activeperl with ASP and ADO [With CDROM]

By Tobias Martinsson

"Everything you will need in one book for ASP and ADO programming with Perl and PerlScript. A must-have for every Perl developer's library."-Douglas Lankshear, Senior Developer, ActiveState Tool Corporation This powerful book/CD package gets you up to speed on all of ActivePerl's features in no time. Tobias Martinsson introduces the tools included in ActivePerl and walks you through installationand configuration, then gives you an overview of the syntax, variables, functions, control structures, and regular expressions of Perl and PerlScript. Chapters on ASP and ADO demystify the jargon, com-ponents, and concepts behind the technologies, and then focus on the objects and functionalities they can add to your programs. Extensive code examples teach you how and where to use the objects, events that trigger them, and how to program with optimal performance in mind. And as a valuable reference, the author provides detailed tables on each object and its associated task options throughout the book to help you harness the full power of ASP and ADO. Inside, you'll find comprehensive discussions of: * Perl and PerlScript programming concepts * Universal Data Access (UDA) * Database programming * Active Server Pages (ASP) * Active Data Objects (ADO): Connection, Command, Error, Field, Parameter, Property, Record, Recordset, and Stream CD-ROM includes: * ActivePerl Build 522 * All examples and scripts from the book * All ADO scripts converted to Perl code

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471383147
• ISBN13: 9780471383147
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Don't listen to the negative review

While it is true that the author is Swedish, and has a distinctive style, his writing is perfectly understandable. The impression I get from the book is that Mr. Martinsson is trying to convey as much practical programming info as possible without extraneous narrative. This approach is great for those of us who want to get started programming right away. Also--check out the CD. It has more valuable code and tools than most book CDs--all the scripts, plus ActivePerl!

Compact and to the point

Having read many books on ASP and Perl, most much, much larger and more comprehensive than this I am still compelled to give this book 5 stars since it quickly gives a feel for the techniques and capabilities of the tools under discussion. Be warned: this book, for most readers, is most likely inadequate as a sole source of information. The author provides motivation but not necessarily all the details needed to fully use the material. But having read this book, I feel like I will definately exercise my skills more competently.

Well beyond the "Nutshell" approach..and A MUST HAVE....

This book clearly explains ActivePerl with ASP and ADO. It follows a smooth "tutorial approach" and offers sheer ease in connecting databases with the internet. It is well written and highly detailed, but doesn't "over-load" the beginner with unexplained jargon. This was the one book that had my e-commerce up and running in no time.

A Great Value

This book clearly explains Perlscripting, ASP, and ADO through concise programming examples. The CD with all the scripts plus ActivePerl makes it an excellent buy!

Fired me off into ASP and ADO!

I knew nothing about Perl, ASP and ADO until I read thisbook. The first chapter did a great job introducing ASP in plainEnglish. I had the software installed and running before the second chapter! 2nd chapter taught me the basics of Perl like variables, files, regular expressions, flow-control, and modular programming from the start. Cool scripting language to someone like me, little experienced with VBScript and JScript in WSH. The book did not brush off the language. It really did not expect me to know anything, and I didn't know ActivePerl before I picked it up.Chapter 3, 4, 5 explained the ASP 3.0 built in objects with background and examples to them ... retrieving forms, validating submitted forms, cookies, server functions, global application variables and maintaining state.Chapter 6 was about MDAC, ODBC, OLE DB, and ADO. Or about explaining them. A refresher on the Structured Query Language was in there too. Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 were about the ADO objects. 7 is about Connection object to connect to and run queries at databases. Chapter 8 was extensive about the Recordset object, although easy to understand. Explaining among things its cursors and locks, extended properties, paging a recordset, fabricated recordsets, and hierarchial recordsets. Chapter 9 contained a short description of the Command object with some program-code. Could have been more examples, I think now, but the object reference really makes it clear, so no hard feelings.Chapter 10, 11 were about the Record and Stream objects. The chapter on the Stream object was short, but its functionality is already given by Perl and other ADO objects explained. The appendix contained a surprise! It included scripts that set me up for sending and receiving e-mail, drawing graphics, getting the dimensions of an image, etc! The book showed how to connect to SQL Server (and others) so MS Access was a stepping stone used in the examples to help people like me, I think. :) The writing-style of the book is pleasant to follow, but adverbial conjunctions are used somewhat often, although one of the better written computer books. A good-bad thing is that I want more pages in the book. :) Very worthy of its title. It taught me ActivePerl with ASP and ADO, and it included good useful reference, so five stars to you.