"Visitor No 3" <Th************ ****@Yahoo.co.u k> wrote in message
news:12******** *****@corp.supe rnews.com...
I have developed the odd Access Application in VBA but I have never used
VB or VBScript, which seem to be the tools for ASP.
My question, before I start, is: Is this a sensible route to take and my
other question is: Can ASP be programmed in VBA, with which I am familiar.
VBA has absolutely nothing to do with ASP. ASP is a "platform" that runs on
Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS). It interprets VBScript,
JavaScript, JScript, and serveral others although the popular choice is
VBScript. It runs only on the server and has nothing to do with the User's
browser.
The MDB is kept on the Web Server "outside" of the Web Path, and the folder
it is kept in, and the MDB file, must have read/write permission granted to
the Web Server's local IUSR account. Here is an example:
c:\wwwroot\visi torNo3Site
|
--website
|
--database
1. The Web Path (root of the website) is set to the folder "website".
2. The FTP Path (root of the FTP service) is set to "visitorNo3Site ". This
lets you upload files to any folder
3. The IUSR account is given read/write to the folder "database"
4. Users going to the site come "in" at the folder "website" and cannot get
to the other fiolders, so they cannot "steal" or mess with the MDB file
located in folder "database"
5. The ASP engine running on the webserver itself, using the IUSR account,
is able to get to the "database" folder and read the contents to build the
web pages from the data and send them to the user's browsers
You do *not*..... "access the MDB over the web".
You maintain a local copy of it just like you maintain a local copy of the
website's files. In the same way that you would make changes to the local
web site files then upload them to the server to update the site,...you do
it the same way with the MDB file,...the MDB file is treated and worked with
exactly the same way as any other site file like *.html, *.asp, whatever.
It is possible to design an "Admin" web site that runs along side the
"public" one that can be used to make changes to the MDB file directly where
it is at,...but often this is more trouble than it is worth (unless you are
a highly skill professional at this) and will not easily work in all
situations.
None of your questions are really "Access" questions. They are ASP
questions,..you need to ask in one of the ASP groups like:
microsoft.publi c.ineserver.asp .db
You are dealing with ASP Classic,...this is *not* ASP.Net,...don' t go to the
ASP.Net groups with this,...the two are no where near the same thing.
--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
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Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processing
http://www.isaserver.org/articles/IS...cessRules.html
Troubleshooting Client Authentication on Access Rules in ISA Server 2004
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...7/ts_rules.doc
Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Guidance
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2004.asp http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2000.asp
Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partners
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/partners/default.asp
Deployment Guidelines for ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...isaserver.mspx
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