I just got ASP support enabled with my host and I'm trying to write my first active server page with a simple 'Hello World' test:
<!-- Test.asp -->
<html>
<body>
<% puts "Hello World!" %>
</body>
</html>but instead of getting this output in the browser:
Hello World!
I get this:
<!-- Test.asp -->
<html>
<body>
<% puts "Hello World!" %>
</body>
</html>
Am I missing something? Is there setup that I have to do with my host prior to being able to use ASPs?
*Update*
Turns out they hadn't switched me to a ASP server yet. Now that I'm on one, I tried creating a test page, test.asp:
<!-- test.asp -->
<%
#!/usr/bin/ruby
puts "Hello World!"
%>but get this internal server error:
Error Type:
Sun ONE ASP VBScript compilation (0x800A0438)
Unexpected end of line inside a string
/~dchang/test.asp, line 4, column 18
I tried taking out the shebang
<!-- test.asp -->
<%
puts "Hello World!"
%>but then get this error:
Error Type:
Sun ONE ASP VBScript runtime (0x800A01F4)
'puts' is undefined
/~dchang/test.asp, line 4
What am I doing wrong here?
In ASP, you would send output to browser this way:
<%
response.write("Hello World!")
%>
I suggest a quick run-through ASP tutorial at
http://www.w3schools.com/asp/
or, if you wish to elminite response.write, put <%= "Hello World" %>
<%= is short for response.write.
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