In comparison to the space required for the database, the disk space used by the .NET code is quite tiny. A web site that I am working on which has 10 html pages, 1 flash movie, lots of gifs, 5 aspx pages and two control libraries (.dlls) takes up only 2.5 MB.

>Sally,
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>Thank you about the book. I really enjoyed the experience.
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>As far as your question about space, this really depends on your file structures and number of indexes and stored procedures. I have several applications where I have around 35 tables with the database size around 2.5 GB. But again, this is related to how the databse is configured. The best thing to do is setup what you expect the file structures to be and check the sizes as you add records. I have found from experience that whatever you estimate, make sure you double that size because unexpected changes are made that effect the size needed.
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>>Hi Cathi,
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>>Nice job with Kevin on the book! That's the text I'm using to move from VFP to ASP.NET.
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>>The web hosting site already has loaded the framework, etc. They charge for using ASP.NET and SQL Server. So I guess my question is how much space will my site take up now that it is ASP and SQL Server. This is a crazy question since how are you supposed to know <g> but I thought maybe there were some general guidelines like "my SQL Database has 20 tables with approx 1,000 records in each and the site has maintenance screens for 10 of the tables and another 10 screens for order entry, shipping, etc. and it takes up xxxMB for data and xxMB for ASP code". Possible to give me an example knowing that mine will be different?
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>>Thanks!
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>>>Hi Sally,
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>>>This depends if you are installing just the redistributable version of the .NET Framework (70 MB), the SDK version of the .NET Framework (370 MB), or Visual Studio .NET (2.5 GB - 3.5 GB, depending on the version).
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>>>>I'm just diving into ASP.Net for the first time. I am converting a VFP app to run on a website with ASP.Net (VB.Net behind). I know the disk space required of the app in VFP and I know you can't tell me how much it will require under .NET but how much space do the "basics" take up? We will be running on a shared server so I am trying to get a ballpark hosting cost.
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>>>>Thanks for helping!
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>>>>Sally