[Javascript] Form focus

[David Lovering]

My impression is that "server-side Javascript" is fairly limited in scope,
particularly as it is classified primarily as a "client-side" language.

-- Dave Lovering

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Dougherty" <mdougherty at pbp.com>
To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] Form focus


> >You're welcome.  Let the group know if you have any difficulties
implementing it.
> >Some minor things can be major annoyances if you're new to JS.
>
>    I'm not really new to JS anymore (I still complain, but about different
issues)
>
> Is there a way to store an associative array in the ASP application
object?  I know you can't
> store a vbscript 'dictionary' object (which essentially mimics the
associative array concept)
>
> If javascript arrays can be stored in the application scope of an ASP
environment, i would be
> tempted to change my ways to server-side javascript.
>
> I know i could just test this, but if i ask here and someone knows why
that would be bad then i
> don't have to spend time building something that may not work.
>
> example:  I'm working on a menu system that uses the xmlhttp example
provided by Hakan Magnusson
> on 5/5/04 to retrieve sub menu items from a menu server applet given a
node in the menu tree.  The
> menu data will come from SQL, but that lookup is a fairly expensive
process which could be
> repeated frequently by each visitor.  If the menu server applet could
store the results (as
> assemled, returnable HTML) the cache could serve the string much more
efficiently than going to
> the database for the same content.
>    I implemented a cache like this once with vbscript, but each hit on the
cache required an
> iterative search through a plain old vbscript array (because the dictionay
object cannot be stored
> in application scope)  It would be much simpler/faster to use a javascript
associative array for
> this cache.
>
> Any suggestions about server-side javascript in ASP, menu cacheing, etc.
would be welcomed.
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