Using Frontpage 2003 with Linux Web Server?

[Mpow540]

Hi,

I am currently under contract with a Linux based web hosting server.
Originally just looking for hosting capabilities, my interests have changed
and I am looking to incorporate some DB's into my sites.

I am familier with using forms in FP 2003. I have read tutorials on
building and connecting DB's in FP. However, I have recently learned that
these DB's driven by forms are written with a ASP extention, which my server
doesn't support.

My question is, is there a way that I can create a DB and use FP forms to
allow users to input/retrieve data to and from that database, even though my
server doesn't support ASP script, without using another coding script?

Thanks

MP

 

[Ronx]

On Linux/Unix you would normally use mySQL for the database, and PHP for
scripting. FrontPage will not help with either of these.
The other choice is to move to a Windows server.

 

[Andrew Murray]

Frontpage leans in favour of Windows technologies - ASP, .Net and Access and
MSSQL etc. Does not have any "native" support for Linux as far as databases
etc go.

But you can write/obtain your own form processor scripts (php, perl etc)
that can write to flattext files or to MySql databases.

You can use FP to create the site, and the forms, but you just need to point
the form to a third-party script in the form properties under "Options" and
"Advanced"

 

[gskywalkers]

It's kinda hard to set up a data base on a linux server using Front Page but
it can be done. I wrote a short tutorial on how to set up a Log in Script
using PHP. The only problem is, you have to log in to read the
tutorial.....sorry about that
http://scottyswebs.com/linux/index.html