Build database application on Internet with ISP?

[CrystalDBA]

I have been building ASP, ASP.NET and Crystal Reports on SQL server
for a few years now.

I have build them mostly on an Intranet or with companies that have
their own web servers.

I now need to build an application for a company that doesn't not have
a web server. Just a small shop that wants an internet application.
How do I build an database application when the site will be host by
an ISP? The database will be SQL Server 2000, but located locally.
The site will be maintained by the ISP? How does the an application
hosted by an ISP interact with a database located locally (client's
site)?

If someone could point me toward some tutorial or tell me how to do
this, I would appreciate it.

[Simon Hayes]

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I have been building ASP, ASP.NET and Crystal Reports on SQL server
for a few years now.

I have build them mostly on an Intranet or with companies that have
their own web servers.

I now need to build an application for a company that doesn't not have
a web server. Just a small shop that wants an internet application.
How do I build an database application when the site will be host by
an ISP? The database will be SQL Server 2000, but located locally.
The site will be maintained by the ISP? How does the an application
hosted by an ISP interact with a database located locally (client's
site)?

If someone could point me toward some tutorial or tell me how to do
this, I would appreciate it.

You may want to consider looking for an ISP who can host MSSQL for you, as
that would help to avoid the security issues of exposing a database server
to the internet. Otherwise, if you can set up a VPN from the ISP's web
server to your MSSQL server, that might be a possible alternative. The web
server would need to have the MSSQL client tools, and it would connect like
any other client.

Simon