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pfft, welcome to the 90s :-D https://docs.oracle.com/cd/A97630_01/appdev.920/a96590/adgweb.htm#1003882 https://docs.oracle.com/cd/A97630_01/appdev.920/a96590/ad
by mdaniel 3y ago
pfft, welcome to the 90s :-D https://docs.oracle.com/cd/A97630_01/appdev.920/a96590/adgweb.htm#1003882 https://docs.oracle.com/cd/A97630_01/appdev.920/a96590/adgwe...
with an especial nod to
> This kind of dynamic content is different from dynamic HTML (DHTML)
I only know about this nonsense by evaluating it as an alternative to .idc/.htx files https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/iis/6.0-sdk/ms525756(v=vs.90) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/iis/6.0-... waay back when
- bashmelek 3y agoI also remember Internet Explorer allowed for web pages to talk directly to sql server via an ActiveX control. Tried it out once locally. Was both interesting and terrifying.
- mdaniel 3y agoWell, yeah, I'm sure one can talk directly to Oracle with an <object> tag, too (probably painlessly from wasm in modern browsers) since running random code is random
- zamalek 3y agoYou could also expose MSSQL from IIS (what a great idea! /s). In one edition of MSDN Magazine an author combined this with XSLT to make a website.
- znpy 3y agoeverything old is new again.