What's quicker: serving a static HTML file from the filesystem or from MemCache?
What's quicker: serving a static HTML file from the filesystem or from MemCache? Also, is there scaling and/or other concerns I should be aware of? ...
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fingerprint UFP20.The SDK server side dll
I am using fingerprint reader UFP20. There is a seperate dll called WebSvrMatch.dll for server side usage which is different from client side dll in that it does not reguire fingerprint device to be connected to the comp. The example in Web folder uses ASP/VB , I tried to use it in PL/SQL and C# but in both cases I failed. The WebSvrMatc...
C/C++ - Any good web server library?
Are there any open source, fast web server libraries? Thanks. ...
What does a HTTP Request that references a file in the middle of the path?
I'm writting a HTTP server and when i tried the Serendipity PHP Blog i get requests from the browser like this one: GET /serendipity_admin.php/templates/default/admin/pluginmanager.css HTTP/1.1 The "/serendipity_admin.php" file does exist so the "/serendipity_admin.php/templates/default/admin/pluginmanager.css" obviously must fail. W...
Is there a program that can send data via sockets to a server, to test it?
I have a simple socket server, that waits for a message and responds. How can I test this? Is there a client app or something that can help me send some data on a specific port to a server, and see the output? Telnet? ...
JavaScript/jQuery callback to server with no supporting executable backend
A fellow techie asked me today if jQuery (or JavaScript in general) could ping back to its source of origin and get information about the filesystem without the use of executable code. My knee jerk answer was that there would be no way that IIS would allow this to happen without the use of AJAX, ASP.NET or some other executable technolo...
What is more compact, GET or POST?
Is POST more compact than GET, since GET requests have to be URL-encoded? ...
Can a PHP file handle multiple requests?
Instead of starting new instances of a PHP script when an HTTP request is received, is there any way for one PHP script to handle multiple requests? ...
How do you handle multiple AJAX requests in PHP?
My AJAX search program keeps asking PHP for results of a particular search term. The start of the PHP script reads thru a MySQL DB and initializes, so if the PHP keeps restarting, it will have to read the DB millions of times. If I can keep it alive and let multiple silly AJAX requests be served by a single running PHP script instance I'...
Are all session variables sent over HTTP?
I like the idea of a so called session-ID, which is sent to the browser and returned back for auth. But can I store more data in serverside session variables, for subsequent sessions to access? I'm using PHP. ...
URL routing, from domain.com/dir/ to otherDomain.com?
Hello! If I have a website at myFirstDomain.com/dir/, is it possible to get mySecondDomain.com to point to myFirstDomain.com/dir/ so that when users browse at the directed site, they only see mySecondDomain.com/potentialSubDirFromMyFirstDomain/ or how does it work? ...
What are the advantages of faster server side scripting languages?
Typical performance of Python scripts are about 5 times faster than PHP. What are the advantages of using faster server side scripting languages? Will the speed ever be felt by website visitors? Can PHP's performance be compensated by faster server processors? ...
howtodeploy dotnetnuke webapplication in webserver
Hi, I created one dotnetnuke web application and also i worked with the database aslo, now i want to deploy in my webserver as a portal. How to deploy the dotnetnuke web application in my web server, I want the steps how to deploy the dnn application.. ...
Interpreted vs. Compiled Languages for Web Sites (PHP, ASP, Perl, Python, etc.)
I build database-driven web sites. Previously I have used Perl or PHP with MySQL. Now I am starting a big new project, and I want to do it in the way that will result in the most responsive possible site. I have seen several pages here where questions about how to optimize PHP are criticized with various versions of "it's not worth goi...
Web Server technology stack market shares?
I'm investigating for a piece of front-end web technology which customers will install onto their own web servers. The server-side technology stack needs to support acting as a SOAP client, but not much else. My primary goal is ease of deployment. Ideally the customers wouldn't have to install any software, they could just drop in some...
How do I redirect url to a specific page in IIS6 webserver
I have a site hosted on IIS6 server. All the pages with specific url (e.g http//www.abc.com/products/my-product-name_11.asp ) are redirected to http://www.abc.com/product.asp. but from where it is happening i dont know. So in order to change it what should i do? ...
WebServer for existing app
We have an existing windows desktop app written in C# 6 that uses an MDB MS access database for its storage. I need to write a web interface that can read that php webpage and maybe write to it later on. This web interface will be included with our current installer for the application or as a simple addon. The user should only have t...
Performance differences between Swazoo and Komanche?
Hello, I'd like to know what the performance differences between Swazoo and Komanche in general and for Seaside are. Especially why and in what situations I should prefer the one over the other? ...
Calling a vb script from a asp.net / C# webpage
Hi all, I have written an ASP.NET web page with C# behind that runs an existing vb script. The idea is that the user uploads an Excel spreadsheet (.xls) using the web page, the C# does a few basic checks on the file (file type, file name etc) then saves the .xls to a network location. The C# then passes the network path of the .xls to...
Most efficient way to use HttpListener to serve requests in a multithreaded fashion
Scenario: I have 50 (or more) processes running (myproc.exe) that do some business logic. I want to have a web server that takes simple GET's (/foo.html) and just pass this information (the location of GET) one of the running myproc.exe myproc.exe's and this exe (the webserver) have named pipes between them (so 50 named pipes) that pas...