ASP and database file

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Stitson

Hello,

I am running a fairly simple web site, pages made in FrontPage 98, not
using FP Extensions because the server only handles extensions for FP
2000 and later. I'm happy with this, and don't feel the need the
upgrade.
All pages have the .HTM extension. I use frames. The left frame page
is contents.htm, the main right frame page is home.htm, and the
overall frame page that first opens up, is index.htm.
I'd like to place an Access data file into the web. Users would open
a web page where there are fields for typing in search terms. Data
records containing these search terms would appear in a generated
list, using SQLs. The users do not need to see the contents of the
entire data file, nor add, delete or modify any records.
To create a web page containing data search fields, does it take place
on a form? Should the three HTM pages mentioned above all be
converted to .ASP extension, or can I build the new form page in a
sub-folder giving it the . ASP extension? Where do I place the Acess
data file - in the same folder, or somewhere else? Another complexity
is that the section of the web site where the search terms are input,
and the results are displayed, will be in a password-protected folder.
Is there a reference book that will answer all the above questions,
with VBScript samples?
I hope this is all clear.
Thanks,
Roger Stitson
 
1. FP2000 extensions do support features/functions in FP98 that require extensions, so there is no
reason not to take advantage of them.

2. To use ASP and Access you site must be hosted on Windows IIS web server. Since you are using
FP98, you will need to do a lot of the ASP coding manually, and if you want to place the ASP content
in a folder, it would need to be a subweb, and you host will have to set up the correct permissions,
since FP98 can not do this for you, which is not the case with FP2000 and up, which can set the
correct permissions.

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