FrontPage 2002, MySQL and Linux Servers

[Melstarr]

I am trying to create a web page in FrontPage 2002 that will access my MySQL database on a shared hosting environment (ValueWeb). I create the page on my client just fine, but when I publish the site, I get a message saying that my hosting provider does not support ASP and that my pages will therefore not work. My hosting provider has Linux servers and they support Chili!Soft ASP, but they do not support Microsoft ASP.

I am quite sure there is still a way for me to use FrontPage 2002 to create websites that can access MySQL databases, send email from forms, etc., but I don't know how to do it on a non-Windows platform. ValueWeb tech support suggests using PHP instead of relying on the code generated by FrontPage in the ASP pages.

Anyone here have any suggestions?

 

[Jim Buyens]

Right. FrontPage-generated ASP code will not, in general,
work on a UNIX server. You options are:

o Switch to Code view and handtype your own
Chili!Soft ASP or PHP code.

o Switch to a hosting service that provides Windows
Web servers.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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-----Original Message-----
I am trying to create a web page in FrontPage 2002 that

will access my MySQL database on a shared hosting
environment (ValueWeb). I create the page on my client
just fine, but when I publish the site, I get a message
saying that my hosting provider does not support ASP and
that my pages will therefore not work. My hosting
provider has Linux servers and they support Chili!Soft
ASP, but they do not support Microsoft ASP.

I am quite sure there is still a way for me to use

FrontPage 2002 to create websites that can access MySQL
databases, send email from forms, etc., but I don't know
how to do it on a non-Windows platform. ValueWeb tech
support suggests using PHP instead of relying on the code
generated by FrontPage in the ASP pages.