Re: Using Access 2000 w/FP2003 w/XP Home Edition
From: Kevin Spencer (kspencer_at_takempis.com)
Date: 09/27/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:39:23 -0400
Hi Bob,
> Folks, I'm new to FP & the web world.
>
> I've tried using the Database Interface Wizard to build a
> database to integrate into a web page and get errors.
Well, you've got a lot of guts, I'll have to give you that! New to the web
AND wanting to create a web database app! Better buy some Grecian Formula
today!
A web site can be nothing more than folders and files on a virtual directory
on a web server. This is what is referred to as "static" content. It is just
what it is, like a bunch of Word documents in a web folder, except that,
instead of Word, these are HTML documents.
When you want your web pages to dynamically display data fetched from a
database, you're talking about a different kind of animal: A Web
Application. A Web Application is what it sounds like: A program or
application that dynamically creates HTML documents based upon processing
logic on the server.
A Web Application, unlike a web site of static HTML documents, requires
certain things in order to operate. The first thing it requires is a web
server. A web server handles incoming Requests for web documents and
resources. In addition, IIS (Internet Information Services) also can (and
does) host ISAPIs (Internet Server Application Programming Interfaces),
which are a kind of application that is hosted in the context of a web
server. The web server receives a Request for a .asp or .aspx file, and by
the extension, knows to hand off the Request to the ISAPI that is assigned
to handle such requests.
In other words, you cannot use a "disk-based" (which means not using a web
server) web for database connectivity. You MUST use a server-based web, and
on a web server that supports the ASP or ASP.Net ISAPI. That would be IIS,
in your case.
XP Home does not support IIS. XP Pro does.
> Also, if the upgrade is needed, recently I noticed
> several upgrades to XP Pro with the note (not full
> version). Any idea if these would work ?
These? I don't see what you're looking at, so I can't say. You found
something somewhere that says something about something. That's all I know.
Best of luck to you!
-- HTH, Kevin Spencer .Net Developer Microsoft MVP I get paid good money to solve puzzles for a living "Bob Cultrona" <rcultrona@corvette-motorsports.com> wrote in message news:23d001c4a4c7$abd70860$a501280a@phx.gbl... > Folks, I'm new to FP & the web world. > > I've tried using the Database Interface Wizard to build a > database to integrate into a web page and get errors. > > I created Access databases and cannot use them with > FP2003 w/o getting various errors. > > I nosed around MS KBase and found a note that XP Home > edition does not support IIS. > > Therefore, in order to create a "disk based" web site > (during development), do I need to upgrade my PC from > Home Edition to XP Professional Edition in order to use a > database such as Access ? > > Also, if the upgrade is needed, recently I noticed > several upgrades to XP Pro with the note (not full > version). Any idea if these would work ? > > Thanks in advance.........I'm semi-lost and very > frustrated with this whole process so far ! > > Bob > >
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