Classic ASP·Classic ASP essentials

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Classic ASP runs VBScript on the server inside .asp pages.

Beginner 10 min read Lesson 1 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • Server code sits between <% and %>.
  • Response.Write sends output.
  • Classic ASP is not ASP.NET.

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Classic ASP runs VBScript on the server inside .asp pages.

  • Server code sits between <% and %>.
  • Response.Write sends output.
  • Classic ASP is not ASP.NET.
default.aspText
<%
Dim name
name = "Ada"
Response.Write "Hello, " & name
%>
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Answer from memory: Which delimiters hold server code in classic ASP?

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