Web Services - ASP.NET vs. Classic ASP

PrYcZa · Apr 28, 2012

My basic question is, can I build a web service without the .NET framework? Can they exist in an NT4 environment? When I reference the SOAP objects in my VB ActiveX DLL, does the dll contain those objects or reference them from its host server? These may seem like silly questions, but I have them none-the-less and I appreciate in advance any clarity on them. I would be happy to provide any "Oracle" with more detailed questions...the answer is, "yes" - you can build a web service without .net unfortunately, i'm not the one to tell you how (because i honestly have never tried it without .net) however, i have used classic asp to access web services that i built in vb.net - and that i accomplished using soap (and rope) here are a few articles that may help point you in the right direction: http://aspfree.com/authors/123aspx/WSDLFromASP/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmag00/html/webservicefigs.asp http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/070401-1.shtmla "client" webpage POSTS a parameter in XML form (xml data contains two numbers as shown below) to a "server" webpage. <param><num1>1</num1><num2>2</num2></param> the "server" webpage then reads the XML parameter and adds the two numbers(num1 and num2) and writes the result in a "server" results webpage. the result is written in an "XML page" (contenttype="text/html") <result>3</result> the "client" webpage gets the result thru XMLHTTP... now my question is... is this what we can call a Web Service? if your answer is yes.. 1. why do we need to use SOAP envelopes if simple XML data can be used? 2. Why was the .NET platform hyped with regards to Web Services development when this can be achieved using Classic ASP thanks all. The answer lies in what can be achieved with development tools. I assume you haven't used the either VS.NET Beta yet? Give it a try and then you will see the advantage. You can create a reference to a web service and the IDE will automatically create porxy classes (etc.) allowing you to use the web service writing even just one line of code.

Web Services - ASP.NET vs. Classic ASP

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