Re: package htp

"Frank van Bortel" <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com> schreef in bericht news:fgnov0$emu$1_at_news5.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
> Jake wrote:
>> I know this isn't going to be popular, but here goes.
>>
>> Looking at the HTP package, if I had to make a lot of web pages using
>> that, it looks like it would be, well, painful, compared to other
>> languages like PHP, Ruby, ASP, JSP for instance.
>>
>> Is this commonly used to create web pages using PL/SQL, or is there
>> another preferred method?
>>
>> Does PL/SQL have any templating mechanism where you can create a text
>> html template and just "fill in the blanks" procedurally?
>>
>>
>> thanks.
>>
> What could be "painful"?
> Just run the page through a html to plsql converter, load it,
> and done - if you deliver the page, I'll stream it from the database
> 10 seconds later.
>
> And - if you plan on doing things from with the database, some
> form of wrapping might be handy. Application Express and Portal
> are two examples of Oracle products doing just that.
>
> If you want a bit more control, take a look at
> http://vanbortel.blogspot.com/2006/07/authentication-in-modplsql.html
> or this:
> http://vanbortel.blogspot.com/2006/09/modplsql-and-flexible-parameter.html
>
> Comes with a wrapper, too
>
> --
> Regards,
> Frank van Bortel
>
> Top-posting is one way to shut me up...

I think psp is in fact little more than a plsql converter... with the option to put pl/sql or sql in tags. The actual converter is loadpsp.exe.

Shakepseare Received on Mon Nov 05 2007 - 13:59:57 CST