Database management

Jan Schenkel janschenkel at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 7 03:58:01 EDT 2003


--- Andre Rombauts <andre.rombauts at win.be> wrote:
> Thanks but precisely the problem is the access to
> the ONLINE server, not
> locally... :-(
> I have to use ODBC since the database is on a server
> running W2K and ASP
> only
> 
> André

Hi André,

What I meant was : where does the data source reside ?
If the data source is on the same computer, you have
to setup a DSN on their server, or if you lack the
privileges, ask the administrator to do it for you.
If the administrator won't do it, you'll have to use a
flat-file format and read/write yourself (XML can come
in handy at such times) or see if the server provides
a database server setup you can connect to directly
(MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
Actually, since it's running on a Win2K server, you
might get away with using Valentina : it doesn't
require DSN setup and you simply point the connection
to a filepath.
A quick search reveals you can get a Windows license :
- for USD 199 over at the online RunRev shop
<http://secure.runrev.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mvc+Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RROS&Category_Code=VT>
or
- for EUR 175 at the German distributor PIIT GmbH
<www.valentina-db.de>

Hope this helped,

Jan Schenkel.

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