How to setup client-server application for "discussion forum"

[iwanturhelp]

I am a new user to this forum. I want to develop client-server application called "discussion forum" in vbscript using asp. i want to use oracle database for the application.

My requirement is that if there is a LAN than i don't know where to put oracle and where to keep asp pages and how my clients(users) will access those pages?

I want my users to access those pages using something like www.myforum.com

I am not having LAN but if i want to do the same for two pc's using direct cable connection and how can i do the same application?

Also which operating systems do i need to install on the pc's?

what is the datatype in oracle for storing messages which are long?

I have to complete this application within 15 days so plz help me as soon as possible.

[Ribeyed]

HI,
right i'm going to try help you but you need to explain what it is your trying to do because most of your post in mumble jumble and no help what so ever. Whats a client-server application when its at home? If its called "discussion forum" then what is it?
You said "if its a LAN", your ment to tell us what it is not us tell you what you have or need, so if its not a LAN when what is it?
Whats a LAN got to do with this client -server application thing your talking about?


I want my users to access those pages using something like www.myforum.com

then buy a domain name then.

Whats a peer-to-peer network (direct connection) got to do with what your trying to do? And it would help if you explain the application before we tell you if you can share it if thats what you want to do.

Operating system are you building a network here and you need us to tell you how? This is a web development forum not a networking forum, but i can still help you with that i am a qualified network engineer.


what is the datatype in oracle for storing messages which are long?


guess varchar or something like that but why would you need that at this moment?

15 days to go, spend 1 day trying to explain what your trying to do it would help you a lot and us

:D

[iwanturhelp]

i want to develop an asp application "discussion forum" which need to run on LAN in my college's lab so what have i to do?

how will the terminals access my pages?

plz help me out RIBEYED SIR...

or else
tell me what u would do if u want to develop a simple discussion forum and implement in a LAN lab..

please help me out.

thanks in advance.:(

[PeOfEo]

Host it off of a server on the lan. Share the file over the network but you will need to have all of the neccessary components installed on the computer doing the sharing. You might want to look into installing w2k3 on one of the computers or maybe configure it as an nt server. ASP is active server pages, a server side language. It cannot be run peer to peer it needs to be run off of a server. If you really want peer to peer you can use java or perhaps visual basic. If you choose vb you can use the winsock control and host a data base off one computer and then every computer with the appliocation on it can update and access the data base that is hosted on one of the servers and then you could use a data bound grid control to create sort of a thread list etc. But you will want vb6 for this and it wont be an easy task or a little bit of code either. Java might be better for you because borlands j builder is free and you can just use a gui but I new to java so I can't tell you anything about connecting to a data base with it or using sockets. No matter what you do a central machine will be needed, weather to host a data base or to host a data base and the asp files.

[iwanturhelp]

Thanks peofeo:)

[PeOfEo]

no prob.