Do data access pages work on the web?

[Eben Visher]

I am a data access page newbie (but a very experienced programmer) and have
a simple question: Is it in fact *possible* to put an Access db and an
associated Data Access Page (the .html file) together on an ISP's server,
such that any arbitrary Internet user can click on the DAP and it will find
the Access db?

I have not been able to work this out. My ISP (alentus.com) says it cannot
work in principle, but the (sparse) literature that I've seen on the subject
suggests it should be doable. The problem seems to revolve around getting a
correct value for the page's data source property.

Can you point me to samples or instructional pages?

Thanks in advance for any help!

--Eben Visher, Senior Software Engineer
(e-mail address removed)_THIS

 

[Gary Miller]

Eben,

DAP's 'can' work on the web, but as a practical matter they
don't. If users don't have the correct MS browser and
related DLL's the pages will fail. You are much better off
using cfm, asp or php pages to access and interact with the
data.

--

Gary Miller
Gary Miller Computer Services
Sisters, OR
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[Arvin Meyer]

It is possible, but only illegally. There is no license available to run
DAPs from the Internet. If you don't get too many simultaneous hits, you can
use an asp page, or ColdFusion to connect to an Access database running on
your ISPs server.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

 

[Eben Visher]

Thank you both for taking time to help. It was a big help and I appreciate
it.

--Eben