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Forum Name: Classic ASP Discussion
Forum Description: Discussion on Active Server Pages (Classic ASP).
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Topic: and

Posted By: Dario
Subject: and 
Date Posted: 06 March 2003 at 4:11pm

I was wondering, why is sometimes used in ASP? (Instead of )

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 06 March 2003 at 4:30pm

is to make HTML complient with XML so it is XHTML really.

In XML all tags must have a closing tag, with you don't as well as things like form buttons so instead you use /> at the end of the tag. eg:-

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Posted By: Dario
Date Posted: 06 March 2003 at 4:34pm

Alright, thanks!

Posted By: MorningZ
Date Posted: 07 March 2003 at 10:42am

if you want to learn more about the XHTML standards...

http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/default.asp - this page is an excellent primer

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