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>>>> Can anyone give me a list of Web Hosts that are VFP friendly? I want to host a VFP Database and create a middle tier in VFP.
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>>>>Thanks!!!
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>>>Try that wonderful web host - ShelbyNet.Com! We offer co-location server administration (which means you send us your server and we plug it directly into our 100 megabit backbone) or you can lease a server. You administer your server via VNC and/or pcAnywhere, so you are free to do whatever you want. Check us out at http://www.shelbynet.com
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>>I was really looking for an option for a shared server that will allow the creation of a middle tier VFP DLL. If you have a package on a shared server that will allow this, let me know about it.
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>I doubt you will find such a beast, due to the fact that someone's dll can lock the system. I know your code would never do such a thing, but those "other" guys out there who carelessly put bugs in their code might.*g* Your best bet is to either lease a server, co-locate, or install DSL for your own.

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That is a rather shameless commercial plug, and after an analysis of pricing, there are far less expensive co-location options available.
A leased co-located machine is yours to control, and accessable when you want it to be. A consideration for a US based co-location is that the connectivity (pipeline) rates are possibly much more competetive than they are in the UK, as well as hardware pricing. Another host is NYI net, with a good reliability and pipeline availability as well. There are more that can be considered as well. My favorite hardware for a stand alone server is something similar to a DELL model 8100, single processor. I am not sure DSL is available in the UK yet, or at what pricing.

A P200 server with adequate memory does quite well as a server, and you can load the Fox Runtimes on it at your lesure.

As far as having a free server to use as your feasability test bed, that probably would be more likely done on a local (to you) machine.