Setting up Database for dummies

[Steve]

I want to add access to a Foxpro database. This for
display and searching of information only, no visitor
writing. I bought the MS FrontPage step by step and went
through the tutorial and designed a rather nice (for first
try) site. Now I have a .DBF file at home and need to put
it in the proper ? (CGI-bin, Private, ASP, ???) folder on
the server and create a link. The Step by Step book is
useless for this. The Database Wizard requires knowledge
of ASP vs ASP.net and several other terms which are still
meaningless to me. Is there a step by step for dummies
online somewhere that will clarify this for me ?
Everywhere I look only gives part of the puzzle and
explains things in terms it presupposes I already
understand.

Thanks again

Steve

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Steve,

You want to import the database into your web first. It's not particularly
important where, other then the fact that you want it in a non-browsable
folder (_private will probably be fine). Then you can use the wizards to
create a connection to the existing database and set up your ASP pages.

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Microsoft MVP
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of lots of little things.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Import the database into your current open FP web, FP should prompt you for
connection name and then ask permission to place it into the fpdb folder,
let it, as the folder has the permission to restrict access to the database.
Now this works for Access databases, I am not sure if will work for FoxPro.

You may also need to be hosted on a Windows IIS web server, at least if you
go with Access.

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[Tom Gahagan]

Here are a couple of resources for Fox on the web.......

www.afpages.com

www.west-wind.com

First off, however, contact your host company and make sure they support
this file format. While a lot of them will support the access format....
they may not support the dbf format.

The west-wind site will be a good first choice as it has some articles on
using fox on the web.

The afp pages site is geared more for FoxPro programmers and is kind of like
asp.

You might also want to check out (post this question) on

www.universalthread.com

a basic membership is free and it is THE place to get fox answers.

Best to you.....
Tom Gahagan
eThomaston.com