[AccessD] Access Database on Web

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
> 
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