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Web enabling a database with ASP.net

blun

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Hi,

I've created a multi-user access database for a friend's small business. It has a database on a server and a front end that runs on a few client PCs.

I'd like to replace the access fromt end with a web front end (keeping the access database initially, then probably moving to sql server later on).

I've done a bit of classic ASP development in the past, so would like to learn asp.net for this project. I'm not a big fan of writing code, so I've had a play with Visual Web Developer 2008 Express and it seems to be pretty good for building data access pages. However I need some guidance.

Does anyone know of a good website / book to teach me what I need to know?

Any other suggestions about how to do this would be very helpful.

Thanks :)
 
have a root around msdn magazine (msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag) and codeproject.com for some good examples. I'm sure there are better ASP.Net-only resources out there, but these are a good start.

Oh, and +1 for what Pho said!
 
By web-enabling, do you mean just putting the tables up on a web page with no logic / custom validation?

In which case you probably want to look at something called scaffolding.
 
Thanks everyone.

By web-enabling I mean a full, usable web interface for viewing, adding and manipulating data, including validation etc..

This would replace the access front-end completely.
 
+1 for SQL Server (or some other 'proper' DB)

As for tutorials, I'm not sure what to advise. You don't like coding but most tutorials are based on coding rather than using any IDE-based tools. And furthermore, I'd recommend you learn to code properly first and then us IDE tools optionally for productivity improvement.

IMHO although you can go a long way without looking under the bonnet, the time always comes where you have to if you want to develop the application further - not so easy when you are so far down the line.

Bite the bullet. There are plenty of resources to help, and it won't be half as onerous as you suspect.
 
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