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An Active Server Page (ASP) is a HTML page that includes one or more scripts (small embedded programs) that are processed on the Web Server before the page is sent to the user. An ASP is somewhat similar to a Server-side include or a common gateway interface (CGI) application in that all involve programs that run on the Server, usually tailoring a page for the user. Typically, the user requests information via a webform. The Server uses the input received from the form to Access data from a Database and then builds or customizes the page on the fly before sending it to the requestor.

You can create an ASP file by including a script written in VBScript or JScript in an HTML file or by using ActiveX Data Objects (ADOs) program statements in the HTML file. You name the HTML file with the ".asp" file suffix.

ASP is most comonly used to create HTML pages on the fly on the Web Server that are then sent to the Browser. For example, you can use ASP to query a Database and format the results into an HTML page that is then sent to the user as a static page.

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