Re: DW, FP and Access Databases

I took a peek.  Nothing in the help files.

One thing to consider asking your partner is whether the decrease in source
quality is worth the "plug and play" value of interacting with a personal
computer database like Access.  I use DW to construct PHP-based pages that
interact with relational databases, like MySQL, and I don't have to
spend hours cleaning the code.

Of course, you can just leave the code...but both browsers and the W3C
Recommendations are leaning toward a stricter view of HTML (ever so
slowly!).  Given that, and
the evidence I can find that supports MySQL over Access
(http://www.mysql.com/benchmark.html), I get lots of
business ahead of part-timers who want to build plug-and-play web sites with
PC-level components meant for home use.

MHO: Much better to use the superior tools, and spend the study time to
learn the
skills necessary to do things the right way.  Where do you want your
business to grow?

YMMV

D

----- Original Message -----

> My partner uses FrontPage and I use DW.  I am trying to convince her
> that DW is for us. She has just seen some info on FrontPage 2000 and
> she wants to know if DW can handle Access data bases...
>
> She says...
> "...you can, indeed, upload an Access database to the site and
> connect directly to it via FrontPage ... without needing to make any
> outside server settings.
> ...if this does prove to be true ... it would be of great benefit to
> us and would give FrontPage a definite advantage. I'm not sure if
> Dream Weaver has this capability ... you might want to check it out."
>
> So I ask the experts, can DW do this? I do not understand FP
> extensions at all. Can you do something similar with DW?

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