On 19 Jan 2005 at 21:28, elizabeth baker wrote: > We are building an application for myths of the world. It started out in > Access, but when we decided to distribute it via CD to attendees at an > art retrospective (about myths of the world), we began looking for an > alternative db, since not everyone has Access on their computer. There > will be no charge for the retrospective or the application CD. The > application will eventually be web-based and available on the internet. > > MySQL was recommended to us, as was developing in C#. i have read that > MySQL can be embedded in applications. Is this an advisable route for > us? to develop and C# and embed MySQL in the application? > > i'm somewhat at a loss as how to proceed, and time is running out. Any > help/advice is greatly appreciated.
Hi Elizabeth, I understand from you email that you have no personal preference to the database / language you write this application, only that you have been recommended MySQL and C#. Therefore I would recommend you ignore the CD for now (bare with me!) and go ahead and write your web application with whatever DB and language you feel comfortable with. All though I recommend you stay away from MS Access for a web based database as there all sorts of problems with locking / updating. When you have completed your website you can then use a mirroring tool to create a copy of the website ( for windows I recommend HTTrack ). You can then distribute this copy as a CD based website. This also has the advantage of working on any platform that has a web browser and a CD drive. Regards Ian -- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
