Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Dec 29 18:01:27 CST 2012
My advice would be: don't do it. Access is not a good data storage option for public websites. Do they currently have a website? What sort of hosting are they using (MS or *nix)? Does their hosting plan include a database such as mySQL? -- Stuart On 29 Dec 2012 at 18:22, Tina Norris Fields wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I've got two fairly straight-forward database projects coming up, that > need to be available on the Web. > > One is of scanned images of soil erosion permit applications. People > must apply for a soil erosion permit in Michigan if they are planning to > do any tree cutting or earth modification within 100 feet of the state > waters. Lake associations realize the importance of monitoring such > applications. In order to make the records easily available, the county > soil erosion officer wants to scan the permit applications and put the > images online for the public to search. > > The second one is of data pertinent to streams that we monitor - > macroinvertebrate inventory data, pH, temperature, clarity, etc., plus > the GPS coordinates of the sites. > > I have never put a database online, and I could use some tutoring on how > best to go about it. The databases themselves don't look complicated, > but putting stuff on the Web for search is new to me. > > Thanks for all the good advice you will be giving me! > > T > > -- > Tina Norris Fields > tinanfields at torchlake.com > 231-322-2787 > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >