Re: Relational Databases

by "Comharsa" <comharsa(at)clara.net>

 Date:  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 00:22:22 +0100
 To:  <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
 References:  omnitec
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> >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?
>
> PWS does work (from reports, never tried it here), .. but dealing with all
of the Winxx configuration/software issues is a nightmare. The learning
curve is a LOT steeper than Unix/Apache, IMHO, .. and you are locked into
commercial products costing big $$ when you wish to go into production.

There used to be a Win32 version of Apache available. Just checked - there
still is. More info and downloads at http://www.apache.org/docs/windows.html
. Might be worth trying for local experimenting.

Brian
comharsa(at)clara.net

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