DB driven web application on CD

Hello,

I have a database driven web application that I want to distribute locally
on a CD. Is this possible and how?

I've read about a package called DWebPro that can do this, but the price tag
is pretty steep.

Thanks.

Re: DB driven web application on CD

Kit Truong wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a database driven web application that I want to distribute
> locally on a CD. Is this possible and how?
>
> I've read about a package called DWebPro that can do this, but the
> price tag is pretty steep.
>
> Thanks.

Do you want to distribute it by CD (which implies that the users install it
on their servers from the CD)? Or do you want to have the end users actually
run the application from your CD?

Bob Barrows
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Re: DB driven web application on CD

I want the end user to run the application from the CD.

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote in message
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> Kit Truong wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a database driven web application that I want to distribute
>> locally on a CD. Is this possible and how?
>>
>> I've read about a package called DWebPro that can do this, but the
>> price tag is pretty steep.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Do you want to distribute it by CD (which implies that the users install
> it
> on their servers from the CD)? Or do you want to have the end users
> actually
> run the application from your CD?
>
> Bob Barrows
> --
> Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
> Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
> header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
> quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.
>
>

Re: DB driven web application on CD

You can run an ASP application from a CD with the help of some third party
tools, but since CDs are read-only media, you won't be able to alter data in
the database. And if you're using an Access database, you won't be able to
open the database, since opening it requires the creation of a .ldb file in
the database directory.

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2443

Ray at work

"Kit Truong" wrote in message
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> I want the end user to run the application from the CD.
>
> "Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote in message
> news:%23PG3AmH3EHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Kit Truong wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have a database driven web application that I want to distribute
> >> locally on a CD. Is this possible and how?
> >>
> >> I've read about a package called DWebPro that can do this, but the
> >> price tag is pretty steep.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >
> > Do you want to distribute it by CD (which implies that the users install
> > it
> > on their servers from the CD)? Or do you want to have the end users
> > actually
> > run the application from your CD?
> >
> > Bob Barrows
> > --
> > Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
> > Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
> > header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
> > quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.
> >
> >
>
>

Re: DB driven web application on CD

The database can be opened for exclusive use without the creation of the
..ldb file. That's why people attempting updates get the "updatable cursor"
error when the permissions for the database folder are set incorrectly.

Ray Costanzo [MVP] wrote:
> You can run an ASP application from a CD with the help of some third
> party tools, but since CDs are read-only media, you won't be able to
> alter data in the database. And if you're using an Access database,
> you won't be able to open the database, since opening it requires the
> creation of a .ldb file in the database directory.
>
> http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2443
>
> Ray at work
>
> "Kit Truong" wrote in message
> news:e3ltd.19217$l%5.863647@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> I want the end user to run the application from the CD.
>>
>> "Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote in message
>> news:%23PG3AmH3EHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Kit Truong wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have a database driven web application that I want to distribute
>>>> locally on a CD. Is this possible and how?
>>>>
>>>> I've read about a package called DWebPro that can do this, but the
>>>> price tag is pretty steep.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Do you want to distribute it by CD (which implies that the users
>>> install it
>>> on their servers from the CD)? Or do you want to have the end users
>>> actually
>>> run the application from your CD?
>>>
>>> Bob Barrows
>>> --
>>> Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
>>> header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will
>>> get a quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.

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Re: DB driven web application on CD

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote in message
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> The database can be opened for exclusive use without the creation of the
> .ldb file. That's why people attempting updates get the "updatable cursor"
> error when the permissions for the database folder are set incorrectly.

[snip]

Bob, how can the "database can be opened for exclusive use" -- what's the
setting? Thanks.

Re: DB driven web application on CD

McKirahan wrote:
> "Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote in message
> news:#j7BFuI3EHA.3132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> The database can be opened for exclusive use without the creation of
>> the .ldb file. That's why people attempting updates get the
>> "updatable cursor" error when the permissions for the database
>> folder are set incorrectly.
>
> [snip]
>
> Bob, how can the "database can be opened for exclusive use" -- what's
> the setting? Thanks.

It will automatically happen if the .ldb file can't be edited/created. But
it can be forced. i'll have to go to msdn to refresh my memory. Be right
back ....

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Re: DB driven web application on CD

McKirahan wrote:
> "Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote in message
> news:#j7BFuI3EHA.3132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> The database can be opened for exclusive use without the creation of
>> the .ldb file. That's why people attempting updates get the
>> "updatable cursor" error when the permissions for the database
>> folder are set incorrectly.
>
> [snip]
>
> Bob, how can the "database can be opened for exclusive use" -- what's
> the setting? Thanks.

You can use the Mode property to open a database exclusively:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ado270/htm/mdpromode .asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ado270/htm/mdcstconn ectmodeenum.asp


You can also use this setting in the connection string to open a database
exclusively:
Jet OLEDB:Connection Control=1;

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287655/EN-US/

Bob Barrows
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Re: DB driven web application on CD

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2443

We have done some work with the web-server component used by Octo Site
Compiler (now INTOREL ActiveSite Compiler) and it is fairly compatible with
IIS except that it does not support global.asa.

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--Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
www.ielearning.com

"Kit Truong" wrote in message
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>I want the end user to run the application from the CD.
>
> "Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote in message
> news:%23PG3AmH3EHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Kit Truong wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a database driven web application that I want to distribute
>>> locally on a CD. Is this possible and how?
>>>
>>> I've read about a package called DWebPro that can do this, but the
>>> price tag is pretty steep.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> Do you want to distribute it by CD (which implies that the users install
>> it
>> on their servers from the CD)? Or do you want to have the end users
>> actually
>> run the application from your CD?
>>
>> Bob Barrows
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
>> Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
>> header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
>> quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.
>>
>>
>
>

Re: DB driven web application on CD

I just checked out ActiveSite and its bad ass! I was looking for something
like this a couple years ago.
http://www.intorel.com/Products/ActiveSiteCompiler/default.a sp

Im still playing with it but it gives several options for database
interaction. Currently Ive got it set to run my app from the CD but upon
execution, it extracts the Access db to the users machine so it can be
modified. No way to put it back yet though. Possibly a routine to copy the
db back on close if using a CDRW?

Anyway, cool stuff!
"Mark Schupp" wrote in message
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> http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2443
>
> We have done some work with the web-server component used by Octo Site
> Compiler (now INTOREL ActiveSite Compiler) and it is fairly compatible
> with IIS except that it does not support global.asa.
>
> --
> --Mark Schupp
> Head of Development
> Integrity eLearning
> www.ielearning.com
>
> "Kit Truong" wrote in message
> news:e3ltd.19217$l%5.863647@news20.bellglobal.com...
>>I want the end user to run the application from the CD.
>>
>> "Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote in message
>> news:%23PG3AmH3EHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Kit Truong wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have a database driven web application that I want to distribute
>>>> locally on a CD. Is this possible and how?
>>>>
>>>> I've read about a package called DWebPro that can do this, but the
>>>> price tag is pretty steep.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Do you want to distribute it by CD (which implies that the users install
>>> it
>>> on their servers from the CD)? Or do you want to have the end users
>>> actually
>>> run the application from your CD?
>>>
>>> Bob Barrows
>>> --
>>> Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
>>> header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
>>> quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>