1. Tripod is not going to be able to handle this as they run Unix/Linux servers which do not allow
the use of ASP or Access.
2. You want a Windows based web host that supports Access with the ability to upgrade at some point
to MS SQL server.
3. You would want to use Access, not Excel.
4. You will need to be willing to learn to code in ASP/VBScript, as you can start out using the FP
database components, but will find that is has limitations, as your needs grow, and they will once
you see what a database driven web site can do.
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"Emmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I've got an Excel file with more than three thousand records.
> Each record (or line) contains the attributes of one book in eight columns
> (author, name, editor, etc).
> I would like my visitors to search the file asking for keywords, such as
> Borges, or Spain, or Architecture, etc.
> Then they would link to a page with the records that contain that specific
> word (no matter in which column it is) and no other one.
> Of course I will need to add and delete records but not often.
>
> I know nothing of databases but I can manage using Frontpage 2002.
> I will probably use Tripod for the hosting if they answer me that they have
> ASP and IIS enabled server.
>
> Am I supposed to use Access or can I use the Excel file ?
> Where can I learn about this ? I've been looking in the Help within FP but I
> don't like it, it's not clear enough.
> Thanks in advance !
>
> Emmy
>
>
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