Re: Form/ASP question

by "Rasika Wijayaratne" <rasika(at)boursedata.com.au>

 Date:  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 02:01:35 +1100
 To:  <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
 References:  dale
  todo: View Thread, Original
Well http://www.brinkster.com does free ASP hosting, with support for ACCESS
DBs.  Its excellent for a free service, even though there are some quirks
here and there (Session variables don't always work as expected, and
"virtual" includes don't seem to work (however "file" includes do)).  But
you can work around these limits.  Maybe you can keep the forms on your
server and then submit the results to be procesed at brinkster...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale" <dale(at)hiwaay.net>

> I have recently taken on the responsibility of maintaining a website for a
> hair styling salon.  One of the current pages is an ASP page that collects
> data from a consultation form, that the client uses to suggest her
products
> for sale online.  I am hosting sites on a RaQ3 dedicated server from
> SkynetWeb.  I can't afford to purchase ChiliSoft to enable ASP support, as
I
> am just starting out and don't have a lot of extra money right now!  Does
> anyone know of a viable alternative (read: inexpensive) to either ASP or
> ChiliSoft?  Is there an easier way of serving this page (java, cgi)?  I
> don't think she will be interested in spending a lot of money recoding a
> page that she has already paid for once.  By the way, the page in question
> is down right now.

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