>From: Garza, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>What server are they running on? Unix, WinNT ??? This sounds
>like it might
>be best to look at a different tool. Perhaps Perl on Unix or ASP on NT...
>Perl running the DBI for MySQL cranks! Just a thought.
They are running Linux... apart from that I don't really know. About four
months ago they promised to install PHP on the box for me but they claim
they are having difficulties getting it installed and don't have enough time
to sort it out. I was willing to learn a little PHP but as it's way overdue
now and I don't get any money from it I think it would be best to stick with
what I know, which is CF.
>If you decide to go ahead with it, you'll be better off using the
>Access DSN
>on CFM-Resources. The performance hit of going across the pond multiple
>times would probably be too much. I've stored hundreds of tables in a
>single access DB. Shouldn't be too much of a problem.
That was kinda what I was thinking... it's just that there are so many
horror stories about using Access that I was a little reluctant to trust it.
What about CFM-resources.com? I realise that with free hosting you get what
you pay for, but CF hosting in Australia is ridiculously expensive compared
to what I've seen in the US. I was thinking I could start out on the free
account and if it all works out well and I can convince someone to pay for
it, upgrade to a paid account later. Does anyone have any experience with
their paid hosting? Is it any more reliable than the free? And if not, are
there any other "budget" CF hosts out there I might consider?
Thanks again,
K.
----Original Message-----
>From: Kay Smoljak
>To: CF-Talk
>Sent: 3/22/01 10:52 PM
>Subject: remote site MySQL or local Access?
>
>Hi all,
>
>I have a non-profit site that I look after. It used to be all manually
>updated HTML but they are looking at expanding it a bit and I'd like to
>transfer some of the updating from myself to the committee members.
>
>As they are not well-funded, at the moment I'm thinking of using frames,
>hosting the CF elements of the site on CFM-Resources (the free account
>to
>start with, although I would consider paying the one of the other
>options
>myself later on if it was going to be more reliable) and the static
>pages/framesets on their donated Australian university hosting space and
>domain name. (The domain name is a subdomain of the university's and is
>quite well known to their audience, so they can't change it or move it
>elsewhere, before someone suggests that).
>
>With regards to the database I have two options that I can see: use the
>Access dsn that is part of the CFM-Resources account, or use MySQL which
>is
>installed on the Linux web server at the Australian university. I'm not
>sure
>if MySQL is actually all that much better than Access (the traffic on
>the
>site is really low, about 10-15 visitors per day at the moment) or if
>accessing a remote database would be too slow (and is it even
>possible?).
>
>Does anyone forsee any major flaws in my master plan or have any
>recommendations? Suggestions please!
>
>Thanks,
>Kay.
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