Hello -
I am a web designer and I have an idea for a site that I would also like to have accessed by wireless devices such as a Palm Pilot. I currently have a spreadsheet of content and I am trying to decide if I should take it to Access and use ASP on a web page or should I use XML/XSL. If I want to have this content available on a Palm, is there a better environment to first take it into?
Thanks!
PAJ
PeOfEo
10-27-2003, 04:06 PM
why would you want xml in particular. If you have access to msde or mssql server you should use those because they are much faster then using an xml or access data base. The flaws in xml and access data bases are that xml grows in size too fast, access mdbs only allow 10 people to be logged in at one time before an ldb appears and your data base cannot be updated, and both of them are files and not data bases on a data base server which makes remote updating a little annoying, you have to maunally download the data base or edit online through an editor on the server if one is available. Using xml or access data bases are also more vulnerablet o hackers because a separate password is not needed to access them and all a user has to do is guess the path to it and he is in and usually you will want a straightforward path so you do not confuse yourself, but this makes it easy for the hacker.
If you are doing this for mbile devices I would suggest using asp.net over asp classic because it is better suited to designing for mobile devices. Read the why asp.net link in my profile.
why asp.net
Mobile Web Device Support. ASP.NET Mobile Controls let you easily target cell phones, PDAs -- over 80 mobile Web devices -- using ASP.NET. You write your application just once, and the mobile controls automatically generate WAP/WML, HTML, or iMode as required by the requesting device.