important question.........i need feedback on what you think of this its really impor

[Johnny23]

im developing an online web application system
connected to a database that will need users to
login too the site and upate ther personal details.
create new users
upate users
update job descriptions ect ect
its an SQL7 database.......users would be around
5000 --10 000 users within in companies that are allowed access through there login's

its all done onsite at my work we have an application server and webserver here but lookinga t hosting it off site,i have been told by one of these moron hosting people that i need client licenses for each user to gain access to the sql 7 database????

Is this correct??
i have developed applciations in vb before with sql7 database access
but never heard of this before??

my users are going through a system dsn and
a standard password for that and then a users table with the username password in that that validates the entry into the website ???


does this all make sense to you guys about the licensing??
this guy has confused me and i think he is full of %^&*&
but need to be certain about it before i take him on????

[JoshT]

SQL Server should come with at least five licences. I believe if you set it up so that the web server is the only client to use the SQL server, you would only need one licence. I wouldn't think you would need more licences unless you had an Intranet setup where you have 50 users that run VB or Access apps on their own computers that connect to the SQL server.

I'm not 100% sure on this, though. It's a matter of Microsoft wanting as much money as possible.

Josh

[joey o.]

I'd raise hell over this! If they want to make an issue of this, I'd screem loud and long and throw their name and policy all over the net. This is rediculous! That means if someone throws up a survey to collect and diplay data and gets 1 million hits they have to pay for each user?!! Perhaps they mean for each user who's developing on this database, in which case tell them 1 and no harm is done. If they couldn't tell you this in an understandable way, I'd think about finding another provider; You'll only have more miscommunication in the future.

[Cander]

thats a huge lie. SQL 7 does not require client liscences. They are trying to rip you off.