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Setting up webtier in Window Server 2003

edited October 2003 in Server
Argh- I hate setting up the webtier. Never works the first time.

I've got a new dev box under windows server 2003 - are there any other
considerations when setting up the webtier?

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  • edited October 2003

    We are not aware of any issues.

    (We do not have Windows Server 2003, so I have not tested it.)

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    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best regards,

    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited October 2003
    Ok - I'm at my end on this. I don't have time to be the 2003 beta test
    site.
    For future reference, 2003's web security is WAY beyond 2000 and your
    standard setup isn't going to work. I"ve monkeyed with it's built in
    security on ISAPI filters to no avail. I'm pretty certain at this point
    that the web server isn't acutally running the DLL due to security
    contraints.

    I'm sorry Nard - I'm trying to be reasonable, but I can't get a simple
    demo. Latest OS's are untested. DM obviously hasn't tested the archive
    system in a real world environment (SQL Server, 500,000+ records in archive
    database, etc) If you had, you'd know the demos will not work. The speed
    is a HUGE problem - it pretty much times out long before the report ever
    makes it. Access is fine for quick demos - but your demos should be geared
    towards queries -not opening the entire database. For that matter, a
    TTable shouldn't BE in a demo. A production system of any size is going
    to be in SQL Server or Oracle - not access or paradox. Your demos are
    mostly invalid as they expect the entire database to be available and that's
    NOT how you work with a SQL based server - that would be incredibly poor
    programming. You retrieve ONLY what you need - hence my issue with the way
    the archive system works. You should really consider re-working your
    examples to use at least a TQuery.

    I appreciate your time up to til now and I realize I'm probably being a bit
    unreasonable. I have a client breathing down my neck wanting answers I
    can't give. At this point, I'll find some other way to get my reports on
    the web. I can't spend anymore time fighting this.

  • edited October 2003
    FYI: Once I got it working the first time, I've found that deploying
    webtier as an Apache module is pretty straightforward.

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    Nathan Sutcliffe
    nsutcliffe at speedlinesolutions period com
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