[FX.php List] Two DB's or One?

[Bob Patin]

Jonathan,

I do it all the time with almost every client who has a web database...

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On Sep 22, 2006, at 8:55 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> Up until now, all my fx.php solutions have been built around an  
> isolated FMP database to serve the web.  When there is a primary db  
> back at the client, I use various routines to update and synch the  
> two, as needed. Obviously, none of the solutions required live up- 
> to-the-second data availability on the web.
>
> I'm wondering how many folks are using the same db for both  
> internal and web publishing?  If so, how is it working out?  If  
> not, why not?
>
> A little bit more detail...if the client isn't sophisticated,  
> doesn't have an IT staff or a fast WAN connection, this would  
> suggest to me *not* to keep the web db at the client office.   
> Rather, keep the web db at a reliable web host.
>
> One more detail.  I promise. ;-)....If the solution is in FMP 6,  
> that would pretty much rule putting the entire solution in a remote  
> hosting location, because FMP is so poor in a WAn environment.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jonathan
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