Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sat Dec 29 18:26:29 CST 2012
I'm in complete agreement with Stuart here. MS Access was not designed for this sort of thing. If you are going to put something on the web, you are best going with MySQL as Stuart suggested or Postgres even. Both support Windows, so that's not an issue and you can find tools that convert existing access databases to MySQL, for instance. My wonder, however, is whether these Access databases will be used online and offline? Hans On 2012-12-29, at 4:01 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote: > 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 >> > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com