Things You Should Know

I just stumbled upon very essential information that I didn't know before, or at least wasn't sure it's true. that information can solve numerous problems, thus i'll post it here. if you see such information, feel free to post it here as well.

and now to the point:
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ASP Pages, Session State and the Parent Path options are disabled by default in Windows 2003 Server. If do not enable this functionality after installing IIS, IIS returns a 404 error. You can enable these features through the IIS Manager. To enable these options:

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• In the Start menu, click Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
• Double-click your computer name in the left pane, and then right-click Web Site.
• Click Properties in the popup menu.
• Select the Home Directory tab, and then click the Configuration button.
• Click App Options, and then click to select the Enable Session State and Enable Parent Paths check boxes.
• Click OK two times.
• Right click on the Web Extensions choice in the left pane.
• Click to Enable ASP extensions.

Click OK two times.
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the above solve 3 very common problems:
1. ASP "is not working"
2. SSI "not working"
3. Session variables "are not working" or blank.
Happy Coding!


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thanx for the info Shadow

probably this is available in tutorials as well, but not very visible and known - hopefully being sticky here would make this knowledge more public.

Please don't tag on posts. Please create your own thread. Lot's of people will see your question.

Thank you.

Shadow: Great info. Thanks.

no, I don't have. the above information is not relevant for this... post it as new thread if you didn't post already and I'll try to help in there.

don't worry guys, I'll run cleanup routine on this thread if needed.

seems like we all posted at the same time
no you thread is dirty

hi,

i had your post printed and right in front of my eyes while i was helping him and he was really happy to get it working in end

Thank you shadow once again

shalom shalom


Sammy

helping him? who? when?
anyway no problem, glad I was of help.

Things You Should Know, Part #2
When using Stored Procedures, or complex SQL code, always have SET NOCOUNT ON in the sql code.
When executing such Stored Procedure or SQL Code the result is not normal recordset, but rather set of recordsets. thus, you have to call NextRecordset of the original recordset:

this is usually ignored thus causing errors because the original recordset is Closed.

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hi,

Belord works with me and he had some problems on monday evening.

Shadow i have a problem in this post and you tell me what i am doing wrong

http://forums.aspfree.com/t63863/s.html

Thanks,

Sammy

This thread is really getting dirty with some off topic posts(like mine)!
but nice info shadow.......... specially the first one

Things You Should Know, Part #3
Why session variables do not work, or why cookies are not being stored?
First, read this great link: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2157
In short, 2 reasons are the most weird and probably common:
1. server name contain underscore or non english characters
2. global.asa file is empty.
important quotes from that page:



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Things You Should Know, Part #4

Hey everyone,

How safe is your asp site?!

Probably not as safe as you might think. I have put this in Shadow's thread for the fact I it is highly visible and for the fact MANY highly regarded asp gurus out there were not aware of some of the ADVANCED SQL injections that can be used to hack your site; therefore, here you go. btw - this was originaly found by ::Phoenix:: - Thanks


SQL INJECTION - What is it and what to do to protect yourself from it!

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well done - I've added link to the previous part so the chain won't be broken.