>>I have a need to display data from my access database on my web site. It is a simple display were everone will be listed as a hyperlink on one page, and when you click on that person you will see detail just on that person. Not a difficult application. I just do not know which tools are available. I have a very bare bones web host and do not want to upgrade. I know that there are programs that will create static web pages from the database and while the data is not very active and the volumne is not so great, i would like something that reads the datbase and creates the web page on the fly.
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>>Does most, or all, the software to display data from databases require some server side software? I realize that Frontpage extensions would allow this, but would prefer to stay away from that ... do i sound like a snob? I am not above using any kind of shareware program.
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>>I am a programmer by trade and am decent with HTML and good with SQL.
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>>Appreciate any ideas or info
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>>Brenda

>Hi Brenda,
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>This is not the idea, but I just want to tell you, that I'm exactly in the same position right now, as you're. I asked my manager to involve me in WEB projects and he specified, that several Access Based application need to be converted to WEB applications. I'm not sure, from where to start. I also have a background of HTML, a little of ASP (but I'm self-educating right now), VB, SQL and Access, not to mention VFP, of course. I just want to know, what should I do first.

I will keep you informed of anything I find out. You also keep me up to date. since my web site is a personal web site, I am looking for a cheap and easy solution. Also I have no control over my web host and it is more of a low-budget web host, not one more suited to commercial sites.

Frontpage has extensions that work with Access. I will probably look into that since I already use Frontpage to layout my pages. I took a Cold Fusion class and that would be perfect for my needs, but your web host has to have cold fusion server side software installed. I was really hoping for a solution that requires no server side software. the only I have found right now creates the HTML in a batch mode from the SQl and then you upload the HTML pages. Only good for static data.

Brenda