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Re: Databasesby "Karin Ransdell" <kransdell(at)squishedmosquito.com> |
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-----Original Message----- From: Harlequin <harlequin(at)dccnet.com> To: hwg-languages(at)hwg.org <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org> Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 10:31 AM Subject: Re: Databases >Just get them to make one of your directories able to write. If they don't >then tell them you'll find another ISP. If they say no then it's just >laziness on their part. It'll literally take a tech person 10 seconds to get >it working... I think "get them to...." is a little presumptuous. If a host doesn't provide it as part of their service or package, then no amount of cajoling is going to get them to make a customer/client a special case. If a customer finds that their host doesn't provide a necessary service, chances are that he or she will need more services down the road with the same outcome. There are far too many good hosts out there that offer a wide range of services and service packages from which to choose. Unless there are some mitigating circumstances (such as not being the decision maker), then considering a new host -- or even a package upgrade from your current host, if available -- wouldn't be a step in the wrong direction. It's much easier now to change nameservers and such than it used to be in the "good old days". KRansdell Business Development Squished Mosquito, Inc. >> Out of curiosity, if the ISP I'm hosting a website on doesn't provide >access to >> any database stuff, how can I handle database transactions with PHP? Can >it >> read from/write to a flat text file? Comma delimited? What options do I >have >> if there is no database infrastructure for storage of information? >> >> Thanks for your time! >> >> >>
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