Does it really make that big of a difference...

[rtgordon]

To create a page with <%=x%> scattered throughout the code as opposed to writing out the html with asp in blocks??

gordon

 

[wushutwist]

The more times you switch between ASP and HTML, the longer it will take the page to be interpretated. So yes it does matter in some sense. This is not a problem in JSP or .NET because the pages are compiled so they take the one time hit at complilation. Will you notice the difference? Probably not. Wushutwist

 

[hithere]

It may also make it harder to de-bug and if it's in a business environment, harder for someone that replaces you (after you get promoted to VP) ;-) to modify.
mark

 

[rtgordon]

I usually try to block up the ASP code because that is what I have read,been told, etc. The only reason that I was asking is that in this particular case, I am reading in and parsing a 1000 character string from them mainframe, and the variables that I am mapping are scattered all over a pretty long page. As far as best practices go, I will try and block up as much as possible.

Thanks,
gordon