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Front Page databases on Unix server??

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by awarner 1 view

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I just had a shocking discovery that I cannout use my Access database with FP2000 hosted on a Unix server. I did not know ASP was Microsoft specific and was told by my hosting company I can only use CGI scripts. Does anyone know if FP provides ANY database functionality without needing an NT Server? The NT server plan is to $$ for me to upgrade to and I don't know a thing about CGI scripting for it to be of any help. Thanks!

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by churdoo

Chili!soft makes a product that is supposed to give .asp functionality to non-microsoft webservers. Check it out at www.chilisoft.com. I hope it does what you need.
--Charlie

by churdoo

I'm wondering if I misunderstood the original question. Do you have an existing FP site that was developed on an NT webserver, and you've moved it to a unix/linux-based webserver? Is the hosting company a fee-based (or free) company that you do not have any admin rights to?
If so, then you would probably not be able to convince your provider to install chilisoft asp just for you, and there is no other simple solution to your dilemma, well, short of moving back to a Microsoft-based provider.Short of that, you would have to see what database your provider supports (example: mysql, minisql, etc.?), and you would have to migrate your Access database to that solution. Then you would have to convert your website code that accesses the database to something else that your unix-based provider supports, probably perl, to access mysql or the likes.

by awarner

Yes that is the case. I do not have admin rights to do aynthing to the fee based server I'm using. You pretty much supported the answer I didn't want to hear. I know nothing of Perl and other Unix based scripting and may end up upgrading to an NT server. The site does not need convereted because I was going to add database functionality to it. Thanks for the answer.

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