Create a database to store form results

[Jacques]

I'm creating my web site on my PC first. I will look for hosting once my web
site is finished. I try to create a feedback page with ebay style, that means
that people would leave positive or neutral or negative rating and leave a
comment. Then this input would go into a database and from that, I could
calculate the percent of positive feedback and display it. I have 2 questions.

1) Is there something on the web that could guide me on how to do this
feedback form and result form ?

2) if not, I can try to do it myself, no problem. But in my form, in form
properties, I clicked on "send to database" and "options, On the Database
Results tab, I clicked Create Database. Frontpage prompted me to rename my
..htm file into a .asp file, which I did.
But then, I can't preview this .asp file in Internet Explorer 6. So my
question is: do I need a web site hosting company which has Windows server
2003 ? there is no way I can see how my .asp file would look on my local PC ?

 

[Ronx]

1) Search the web for ASP Poll scripts.

2) To preview an asp page you need to view it through a web server.
If you are using an Access database, you must use a Windows server.
If your PC is running Windows XP Pro, Windows 2000 or Windows 2003,
you can install IIS and server extensions to test and edit the pages
locally.
When you publish to the internet, your host must have Windows servers,
and support Access databases.

 

[Jacques]

OK thanks !
Can I download for free IIS and server extensions to install on my local PC
with XP Pro ? If yes, can you give me the link please ?

Jacques

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

IIS is not available for downloading!

If you are running Windows XP Pro, go to Control Panel | Add/Remove | Windows Components and select
IIS and the FP extensions,

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