Is Active Server Pages still used?

I want to make my website more dynamic by including interactive voting polls. I don't want to use php and mysql to do this. So a friend of mine mentioned learn asp, but I can't find any recent books on it. I do see websites with the .asp extension, but not many. Is Active Server Pages still in use, and if so, how do I create online voting polls in asp?
Answer:

It is still supported and in use. It is not going away in 2008, so it will be supported for at least 3 more years. If you want to create a voting pole you should have 3 things. #1 A data source. This can be as simple as a flat file, or a database such as Access, Sql Server, Oracle or MySql #2 A form - The form will accept input from your users and upon posting populate your data source. #3 A report - The report will read from the datasource and report the resullts of the poll. The details are beyond what can be explained here, but I'd recommend ".asp for dummies" for some simple startups. If you want it to look good, you'll want to download some .css templates and learn some .html

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ASP is no longer used to develop websites, ASP.net, PHP, Ruby on Rails are a few new technologies you should learn.. I would recommend PHP and Ruby on Rails!! Good Luck

CSSJockey

It is still in use, but for all intents and purposes Microsoft has replaced it with the modern ASP.NET. You can find more information about it here: http://www.asp.net

wildeink

I think they're now focusing on ASP.NET. http://www.w3schools.com offers free ASP and .NET tutorials.

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