Re: mySQL and ASP, ASP.NET and FP server extension

From: xfile (cou-cou_at_remove.nospam.com)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:47:26 +0800

Hi:

Thanks and it's really informative which would help me to find a even better
ISP in the future.

For the SQL web data admin, I have to apologize and confess that I am a true
beginner for everything involved in DB. I downloaded and installed it as
another expert had told me a few days ago. But I don't know how to use it.

When I open it, it just has a box for server configuration and no matter
which one I checked, it will just stay there.

And there are just class documentation but no help file, so I was ....

Maybe it's just because I am a rookie.

"Yatendra Khandelwal" <yatendra.khandelwal@ishisystems.com.(donotspam)> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:F576818B-298E-4823-B3C7-FFA99D4E3958@microsoft.com...
> mySql work with asp.net on unix and linux using mono (
> http://www.go-mono.com
> ) they have a module mod_mono that can work with apche. They also have c#
> and
> vb.net compiler as well as an IDE called MonoDevelope. It supports
> ASP.net,
> ADo.Net etc. One major thing that they do not support is mobile controls.
> so
> most of the asp.net websites can be hosted on apache on linux or unix
> anyways on windows you can use MSDE with SQL web data administrator (
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c039a798-c57a-419e-acbc-2a332cb7f959&displaylang=en)
>
> -Yatendra
>
> "xfile" wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>>
>> Thanks for both of your reply.
>>
>> Indeed, I was not thinking mySQL before, because Windows-based platform
>> are
>> usually comes with MS SQL and ASP and so on. But I have had enough with
>> the
>> technical support of the current ISP and started a new research.
>>
>> I found some, as you mentioned, do offer ASP on Unix or Apache server and
>> come with generous offer of mySQL DB.
>>
>> I am not using .NET at this point, since I started out the learning not
>> too
>> long ago with ASP. I did download PHP, mySQL, and PHPAdmin just now and
>> installed.
>>
>> Frankly speaking, my choice of DB is not based on its performance, but
>> how
>> easy it can be learned. In the case of MS SQL, I still have problem
>> finding
>> a friendly tool to access it, needless to say, get a copy installed in
>> the
>> local machine to learn it.
>>
>> Just before finishing this message, my current ISP offered me one mySQL
>> account instead of MS SQL, which is nice.
>>
>> I can use it with current Windows-based platform :)
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>>
>> "Ronx" <ronx917@hotmail.com>
>> ???????:%231OYqLj$EHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > mySQL is mostly offered on Unix servers, which do not support ASP.NET,
>> > but
>> > a few do support ASP (either through Chillisoft or iASP). There are
>> > not
>> > many hosts that offer mySQL on Windows servers.
>> >
>> > My own experience with mySQL and ASP on Windows is not promising -
>> > success
>> > in reading data, but not adding records, on one server and total
>> > failure
>> > on another. In both cases, I used PHPadmin to set the databases up and
>> > add initial records. But if you can get the database connection to
>> > work,
>> > it does not matter which database you are using.
>> >
>> > FPextensions do not come into the equation, since they do not interact
>> > with the database at all.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>> > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>> >
>> >
>> > "xfile" <cou-cou@remove.nospam.com> wrote in message
>> > news:u9pZR5i$EHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> >> Hi:
>> >>
>> >> Will mySQL work seamlessly well with ASP, ASP.NET, and FP Server
>> >> Extension?
>> >>
>> >> I wish to retain most MS platform except for the DB part, which mySQL
>> >> is
>> >> easily to get and installed on the local machine for development and
>> >> testing, as well as offered by many ISPs with much less costs.
>> >>
>> >> But I am not sure how does it work with the above mentioned scripts,
>> >> and
>> >> appreciate if anyone can advise.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>