Re: Relational Databases

<paul>
Fourth, can I simulate the server experience on my own machine with Personal
Web
Server?  What can I expect PWS to do and not do?

Finally, please recommend useful texts for the woefully beginning ("SAMS
Teach
Yourself Server Side Processing In 24 Hours"?).  Remember, I am not as
experienced or knowledgeable as you are now, but plan to be.  Thanks.
</paul>

I will tackle these two!

PWS can be run on win9* or NT

It can completly mimic a server (In fact it is a server running on your
platform!)

It is great for development work and prototyping.

I develop every thing on PWS and Access and port it to an NT server and SQL
server when I have it all debugged.

Books

Beginning ASP 2.0, Wrox Press, Francis et al
Beginning Databases and ASP, Wrox Press, Kaufmann

Will give you everything you need to know.

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Kmecak <paul.kmecak(at)bms.com>
Cc: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: Relational Databases


> Ben Ocean's original question reminded me of my recent "disappointment"
with my
> current ISP.
>
> I wanted to use my "free" 5 meg of page space to set up a small Access
data base
> and learn server side processing.  All I wanted was a proof of concept
learning
> curve kind of thing with no actual commerce, and since my ISP claimed
their
> entire web site took up only 4 meg, I thought I had lots of wiggle room.
>
> HOWEVER . . .
>
> My ISP claims the free web page space is geared toward people putting up
> pictures of their grandchildren and cats (no disrespect intended toward
either.
> I am a grandfather and  between cats at the moment.  No, I don't want one
of
> yours).  Also, because the server runs UNIX (as does supposedly every
other web
> server on the planet) I couldn't run Access.  Of course, they have a full
> featured business web site hosting service starting at only $39.95/month.
Of
> course there is no possible conflict or greed here.
>
> Following this thread I read about Access and ASP and Cold Fusion running
on web
> servers and PWS (Personal Web Server, right?), so I am confused.
>
> First, is my ISP "misinformed" about running Access on a UNIX based
server?  How
> is it done?
>
> Second, what would be bare bones necessary to set something up?  How
technical
> do I have to be?  Please throw in "nice to haves" but label them as such.
>
> Third, what can/should I expect/need from  my ISP?  Are there ISPs (like
> Geocities.com) that would be more cooperative and cheaper?
>
> Fourth, can I simulate the server experience on my own machine with
Personal Web
> Server?  What can I expect PWS to do and not do?
>
> Finally, please recommend useful texts for the woefully beginning ("SAMS
Teach
> Yourself Server Side Processing In 24 Hours"?).  Remember, I am not as
> experienced or knowledgeable as you are now, but plan to be.  Thanks.
>
> Paul Kmecak
>
>

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