Re: Connecting Access Database to Front Page

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From: Tom Gahagan (tgahagan_at_eThomaston.com)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 12:47:25 -0400

"Carol"said

> I have an Access database that I want to connect to Front
> Page but don't have a clue as to how to go about it.
>
Do you want to have an online database?
Front Page is used, for the most part, to create web pages that are used on
the internet and/or intranets for company use.

>I have been told that I must
> be connected to a web hosting service and that will solve
> the server problem. Is this true?

Yes... if you want to go online you must make use of a web hosting service.

>Is a "web host" another
> name for an Internet provider such as MSN or AOL?

No! It is a different kind of animal.

>Is this
> something that you pay for or are there such things as
> free web hosts?

There are free hosting services out there. Look carefully. For you to be
able to use Access you must have a web hosting service that uses Windows....
not Unix.

>If I connect my database to this and
> continue working on it, is my data secure? I need to be
> able to view query results from the database in forms in
> Front Page, but can only do that if I am able to finally
> connect to the database.
>
Security is usually pretty good with most web hosting companies.
Once you get a host, and get your site, including the database files,
published, etc You can set up forms that will show query results.
If you don't need to be online... Access has a pretty good form tool that
will show your results... but, of course, you will not be online.

Best to you.....
Tom Gahagan

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