A server-side script is interpreted and executed by the server and the results are sent to the browser. ASP scripts are server-side scripts. With Chili!Soft ASP, when a browser requests an ASP page, the Web server sends the request to the Chili!Soft ASP Server, which then reads the HTML and interprets and executes the script code, and then sends the resulting page to the browser.
Unlike client-side scripting, server-side scripting enables you to deliver highly customized Web pages without requiring any scripting intelligence on the client side. In fact, server-side scripting enables users to receive customized pages based on browser capabilities, user preferences, and content from a server-side database.
See also:
Adding Scripts in "Chapter 4: Building a Chili!Soft ASP Application"
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