Access '97 Database on an ftp site

Access '97 Database on an ftp site

Post by Andrew Knobloc » Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:52:01



Hello,

    I'm really having trouble figuring this out.  ANY help would be greatly appreciated by anyone.

--> I have placed a MS-Access database on an ftp site (on my website).

--> Is it possible to connect to it using Delphi 4 as if it was local or on a network?

Thanks in advance!

Andrew Knoblock.

ps. best friend to all Borland Pascal programmers.

 
 
 

Access '97 Database on an ftp site

Post by Andrew Knobloc » Sat, 17 Nov 2001 02:03:00


Am I insane?

LOL.

  Hello,

      I'm really having trouble figuring this out.  ANY help would be greatly appreciated by anyone.

  --> I have placed a MS-Access database on an ftp site (on my website).

  --> Is it possible to connect to it using Delphi 4 as if it was local or on a network?

  Thanks in advance!

  Andrew Knoblock.

  ps. best friend to all Borland Pascal programmers.

 
 
 

Access '97 Database on an ftp site

Post by M.H. Avegaar » Sat, 17 Nov 2001 05:43:23


No. Microsoft Access has replication support for HTTP servers, but not for
FTP.

ps. Only post PLAIN test, not RTF !


Hello,

    I'm really having trouble figuring this out.  ANY help would be greatly
appreciated by anyone.

--> I have placed a MS-Access database on an ftp site (on my website).

--> Is it possible to connect to it using Delphi 4 as if it was local or on
a network?

Thanks in advance!

Andrew Knoblock.

ps. best friend to all Borland Pascal programmers.

 
 
 

Access '97 Database on an ftp site

Post by Sundial Service » Sat, 17 Nov 2001 06:20:39


When you place a database on a website it is done in such a way that the
database is accessible to the web-server, e.g. for use by CGI scripts on
that server.  The software that interacts with the database runs on that
server.

There are various protocols for sharing a file across a network,
including the Internet, but the "FTP" protocol is not one of them.

In any case, when a wide-area network is used, the fileserver-database
model (like the one used by MS-Access with Jet tables) is usually too
inefficient for exchanging data with clients.  (Not to mention
insecure.)  Expect to see an SQL server of some type running on the
server.


> No. Microsoft Access has replication support for HTTP servers, but not for
> FTP.

> ps. Only post PLAIN test, not RTF !



> Hello,

>     I'm really having trouble figuring this out.  ANY help would be greatly
> appreciated by anyone.

> --> I have placed a MS-Access database on an ftp site (on my website).

> --> Is it possible to connect to it using Delphi 4 as if it was local or on
> a network?