Some comments please.

[Neomotion]

Ok, this is in another thread somewhere in the answers, but i think it is best if it gets its own. Here goes. I am trying to make a messenger app. I have read many tutorials about winsock, and they all relate to the client.exe/server.exe setup.

I want to have this approach: i want a database to act as the server. I would like to have all the accounts in the db (about 150 records). Everybody has the clientapp. When they go online, they connect to the db. When they connect, they set a switch to online. They can also select away, invisible and dnd. When someone else goes online, the app checks the db for the other accounts and their status. It checks every 15/20 seconds for status (how long will it take to cycle through 150 records?)

I am not sure if this aproach is sensible, i don't even know if it is possible. But i would like to have it this way, because i need the serverside on an webhost, an no way they would let me run an .exe That's why i do not want to have the client.exe/server.exe setup. Anyone have any suggestions on how to program this, so it can be on a webhost? (doesn't have to be a db, aslong as i can put the "serverside" on a webhost). Thanx in advance.