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  1. May 8th, 2001, 10:09 PM #1
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    Making my own forum.

    I'm trying to create my own forum.
    (a lot of work I know)

    My problem is that I cannot set the maxsize property of the text for the post field in the DB over 255. What should I do to have a forum?

    What does everybody else use?

    Admins???
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  2. May 9th, 2001, 12:29 AM #2
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    Hello Sastraxi,

    What kind of database do you use?

    I'm also working on my own forum,
    for which I use a combination off:
    Apache Server (Webserver)
    MySQL (Database server)
    PHP (Script language)

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    Greetings,

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  3. May 9th, 2001, 01:06 AM #3
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    if it's in Access

    I think there's a 'memo' type in Access...not sure tho.
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  4. May 9th, 2001, 08:01 AM #4
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    Re: if it's in Access

    Originally posted by ttlai
    I think there's a 'memo' type in Access...not sure tho.
    Correct...Memo allows a few billions characters
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  6. May 9th, 2001, 01:11 PM #5
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    Save yourself the agony.

    You can't do serious web development with Access. It will not scale to be able to handle the demand that a forum would place on it.

    Check out the VBGarage site that Serge wrote. It uses SQL Server and IIS, along with some ActiveX dlls in the background on the server side.
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  7. May 9th, 2001, 04:40 PM #6
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    Can't really look at the webpage syntax now, can I?
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    Okay then...
    Sorry for that last rude post.



    Anyways, what does Serge use?
    Where can I obtain these controls?

    And another Q:
    I am moving my site off Brinkster (EVIL ) to my own webpage (aptly, http://www.sastraxi.com/) so I am wondering what service will have...

    - 1 GIG
    - Maybe $40 USD/year
    - ASP support
    - POP3 Email(s)
    - Ability to host on my own machine if necessary

    So these are my questions, where are the answers ?
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    The site Serge was coded by mostly himself with a little help now and then from me.

    As for ISPs... I don't think you are going to find an ISP that gives their service away like that.. we use Concentric and it is $200+ a month and we host on our own web server (we actually have 3 sites hosted on the same NT box). Using ADSL 1.5MB up/down stream.
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    Check out this and this.
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    Thank you!

    I am using something called Point2Me - a website that hosts you from your own computer.

    It's really cool and I have (thank god) a copy of PWS. So off I go!
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