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CoreComm Web Hosting provides virtual domain services using Windows NT servers.
Customers using NT may have concerns specific to this platform, below we will address
some of these concerns.
Databases
You can use a variety of different databases when creating your
dynamic website. ODBC means Open Database Connectivity, and is a standard that
allows for a common interface to databases that support it. Most ODBC
compliant DBMS's that have Windows NT ODBC drivers can be used on a CoreComm
Windows NT server. Some popular databases that are currently supported are:
- MS SQL server
- Access
- Visual Foxpro
- dBase
- Excel
There are a number of other database systems that can be used with Windows NT
and if you are interested in using a DBMS that is not listed above, please contact
our support department for details on implementing it on our systems.
There are a variety of ways to access your database on a Windows NT server.
The most common method is to use a system DSN (Data Source Name) which tells
your application where to find the database when it refers to it by this name.
DSN's allow you more portable and secure databases as they don't neccesarily need
to be stored in your webspace (and thus accessable to browsers).
Another method is to use a DSNless connection to your database and refer to the
database using the filesystem path. More information about doing this is provided
on Microsoft's website.
Active Content
There are a variety of technologies available for use with Windows NT.
Active content refers to the fact that visitors to your website will be more likely
to return if your site offers fresh content with each visit. In order to provide this
one must either:
- Update the site almost daily.
- Use some sort of scripting to generate the page dynamically on the server.
Using databases in conjunction with a scripting language can alleviate some of the work
for the webmaster, or add functionality to your site. We support the following technologies
for creating active websites on our NT platforms:
- Perl
- ASP using:
- VBScript
- JavaScript
- PerlScript
- COM using:
- Cold Fusion
The above technologies vary greatly in performance, difficulty, and of course pricing.
If you wish to use a scripting language or other technology not listed above, please
contact our support department to make arrangements.
File/folder names
Unlike UNIX based systems, Windows NT is not case sensitive when it
comes to file/folder names. In addition, you can name your files or folders using names up to 256
charactors long. When creating files for the web such as images and html files however,
you should not use spaces in the file or folder name, as most browsers will choke on such files (or folders).
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