Mac and ASP/SQL/Access Dev?
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I have been using Dreamweaver on a PC for a few years now. One of the main things I do is build websites built on an ASP/SQL or Access platform. I'm looking around for a laptop and would love to get a Mac, but not sure how I could do my ASP stuff.
If I had a PC server that had all the Database stuff on it, could I connect a Powerbook to the PC Server and use the data sources on the PC to develop an ASP website on the Powerbook?
I hope I haven't totally confused the issue here!
Thanks
- rabattski0
yep that's possible if the pc acts like a webserver. i assume you connect to it thru a router.
you could also use apache, php, mysql on your mac in osx.
don't know if asp is available for osx since i work with php.
- ********0
Yep, they'd connect through a router.
My major concern is can I connect to the datasource during development...ie from within Dreamweaver?
- rabattski0
not sure about that. my guess would be no. max what you can do is using your pc as a webserver with asp allowing you to run asp scripts. i don't think you can use the resources. check google though. just read that asp and osx is not really a match made in heaven. really php oriented.
- shutdown0
Just connect to your datasource as you would on a pc.
I do the same, I have a pc running Win Server 03 and doing all my development stuff on there. I use DW on my Mac and it runs just dandy