If you are stuck with a Windows server, because you client won’t move
(nor will he pay you 100 times the going rate!) the way to go is
Windows friendly .asp. There are ‘form-mail’ scripts around in .asp
that you can adapt. I’m no coder, but I managed to ‘personalise’ one
originally sent me by the ever helpful David Owen (of this Forum and
‘ineedwebhosting’) and used it on a Fasthosts Windows server without
problems. It was certainly a quicker way than trying to get .php to
work.
Perhaps you could chip in on this David, if you read this thread, as
you have more knowledge on this subject than I can muster.
Like Walter, I won’t touch Windows servers now - and I specifically
charge extra for the privilege, if I’m expected to: which seems to
result in the odd clients concerned agreeing to change to Linux quite
readily.
Colin
On 26 Jan 2010, at 21:44, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
Just so I may pile on the “Windows server” idea (oxymoron, in my
opinion), let me offer my short list of reasons why you would use
Windows as a Web server (or any other kind of server).
- Your client is paying you 100 times the going rate to do it, over
your stern objections.- Your client has invested millions of dollars or the local
equivalent in a custom server application which can only be run on
Windows, and pays you by the hour to connect that application with
the outside world through the Web.- You don’t like the client, and hope they go out of business
(after paying you for your heartache).- You’re working for Microsoft (see #3, above).
Other than those reasons, there’s really no value in subjecting
yourself to that sort of abuse, except perhaps, as my father used to
kid gently, because as soon as you stop, your head will feel much
better.Walter
On Jan 26, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Justin Easthall wrote:
thanks guys - I’ve just sent Freeway my file so they can take a
look - but yes it is on a windows server… and if need i will swop
if at all poss -
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