Getting the Server

ASP will run on a Windows web server. If you have a web host, check with them to see if you are already on that kind of server and can run ASP. If not, you can run a local version on your PC:

• Windows XP or Windows 2000 You will need to install the most up-to-date IIS (Internet Information Services) on your computer. The operating system comes with it, and you can access it by going to Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components.

• Windows 98 You will need to install a PWS (Personal Web Server), which comes with the NT 4 option pack. If you do not have this already, you can get it from http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/default.asp.

After you have your server, you can use this script to test it. Simply put the file on your server and call it aspTest.asp.

 <%@Language=VBScript%> <%Option Explicit%>  <%     Response.Write("Your server is running as of " & Now())  %> 

Then access the page through a web browser and it should display something similar to the following message:

 Your server is running as of 2/14/2005 5:15:42 PM. 

Now that the server is up and running, let's get into some code.