RE: [cobalt-users] Advice on ASP and SQL Databases on RAQ4

[Francois Thomas <FrancoisT@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : tim@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tim@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Envoyé : jeu. 12 avril 2001 10:32
> À : cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Objet : [cobalt-users] Advice on ASP and SQL Databases on RAQ4
> 
> 
> 
> We are investigating the use of RAQ4 servers for hosting 
> fairly low-traffic sites that make extensive use of ASP and 
> databases to deliver personalised content.
> 
> I would be very grateful for any advice or recommendations 
> that you can give based on your experience as 
> users/developers - I'm not getting much from the vendors!
> 
> Specifically:
> 
> Is ChilliSoft ASP any good?
> Is the RAQ a viable platform for this or would we be better 
> off using NT?

I am not really experienced with ChiliASP yet, but what I can tell you a
few things, good and bad:
- it looks like working fine
- tech support by email is allright
- if you design the sites for chiliasp it'll be ok
- if you are moving sites from a MS platform, this is not as simple
- ODBC drivers do not support every functions with every databases,
which may force you to recode a great portion of asp scripts (direct
query instead of recordset.update for example) depending on what you use
- some useful things are available as an option pack.. If I do not
mistake, the mail component is given for RaQ4 users, but this is not the
case with the upload or pop3 modules.
In my opinion, ChiliASP is good, but migrating sites from IIS can be a
huge adaptation work.
Surely you'll get useful advices from more experienced people !
Regards

François