[morland]

Hi,

I want to get a software developed but am not sure if I should use VB 6.0 or VB.NET or ASP or PHP etc.. The database will either be SQLServer or Oracle.

I do know that later (or maybe to start with) I may shift to a web based software and therefore need help in understanding the difference especially between VB 6.0 and VB.NET. What does VB.NET offer which VB 6.0 does not?

Any help will be appreciated since I do not know much about these tecnologies.

Thanks

[Perito]

VB 6.0 is relatively obsolete. It's still in use, especially in the hobbyist community. However, Microsoft isn't making any updates to it and I don't believe there's been a service pack update for it in a long time. VB.NET is, on the other hand, well-maintained and current. ASP can be used under Visual Studio (the editing environment for all of the .NET packages) -- at least for ASP.NET. I'm not all that familiar with PHP. I'll let you figure out whether you want to learn that as well. ASP and PHP have different uses from VB.NET, generallhy speaking.