Yeah, actually that sounds like a valid reason. You will also find
that it is part of their sandboxed security model. You can only
connect to your own database that is associated with your own account.
The flip side to that is that other sites hosted by CT cannot access
your database. I think this is the more relevant reason, and you will
find that most competent hosting companies have this same policy for
shared CFMX hosting.
If you need to access external databases, then I suggest that you
consider other options such as a co-location plan with a dedicated
server. If, however, your website could be made to work with the
database that CrystalTech provides, then I'd go with that option
first. You'll save yourself a bunch of headaches in not having to
maintain the DB server yourself. Perhaps you could replicate data
from your database to CrystalTech's database via DTS import routines.
Hope this helps.
On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 21:06:24 -0400, Reed Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> HI everyone - I recently signed up with CrystalTech, based to a large extent
> on the good things I've heard about them here and in the CFDJ survey.
> However, there is a quirk that took me by surprise...
>
> With other hosting outfits that I've used, I had the ability to setup DSNs
> that pointed to external databases (MS SQL for instance) that were located
> on a server not at the hosting company (such as in my office). When I asked
> CrystalTech about this, I got the following reply:
>
> "In a shared environment, there are only so many connections that a web
> server can make to a database (asp 1000, CF 50 concurrent). If we allowed
> all web sites to make connections outside of the network, this would slow
> the release of the connections and make it impossible to connect to any
> database eventually. You will need to have a database located at
> Crystaltech to use the shared hosting."
>
> Does this sound right?
>
> Also, SOT, anyone have any comments/experiences with IXWEBHOSTING? I'd been
> using them and they seemed OK, good price/functionality, but lately they've
> been flakey - loosing my website files and such - anyone else running into
> this situation?
>
> Thanks for the help,
> -reed
>
>
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