Chapter 2. Traditional Approaches to Debugging in ASP

IF YOU HAVE EVER USED A PREVIOUS version of ASP, you are already aware of the nightmare that debugging a traditional ASP application can become. This chapter explains some of the shortcomings of the original ASP technology, the potential problems and pitfalls involved in debugging a typical ASP application, and a few ways to overcome these obstacles. At the end of the chapter, you’ll find a debugging object that can be used in tandem with a traditional ASP page to display a great deal of useful information for tracking down those pesky errors in your ASP code.