Is MSDE what I need?

We are developing a fairly simple database to be deployed on the
internet. It consists of an artist's works (approx 2600 of them) based
on references to books from which his ideas came. Relative fields will
be fairly few, data related to the books, a pic of his initial sketch,
and a pic of the final painting. Searches will be provided and probably
a feedback form. The plan is for this database to be used by students
when studying myths of the world (and other interested parties, of course).
i am in the beginning stages using Access 2002 and Jet. We just
purchased and installed Visual Studio .net (academic version), but i
haven't actually used it yet. The install mentions MSDE. However, even
after reading about MSDE on MS's site, i still can't determine my course.
For our web application, what should i use? MSDE or Jet? ADO or is DAO
(i am familiar with DAO but not ADO)?
i need a plan, a course of action to follow for this, as it is new
ground for me. i'm not asking for details, just general direction. i'm
basically self-taught and there is no one here who knows any more about
this.
Any guidance is appreciated.
--e
If you're creating an internet application using ASP.NET, the home
page would be a good place to start doing research --
http://www.asp.net/Default.aspx. Jet isn't generally recommended for
Internet applications, although it is being used for small
applications with few concurrent users.You'll be using ADO.NET for
data access, not DAO or ADO. You'll need to do some research to
determine the best fit for your budget and needs. You can get more
information on using MSDE for a web application at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?u...2000webapp.asp
and http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/default.asp.
--mary
On Wed, 05 May 2004 11:04:24 -0700, elizabeth baker
<baker_eliz@.yahoo.com> wrote:

>We are developing a fairly simple database to be deployed on the
>internet. It consists of an artist's works (approx 2600 of them) based
>on references to books from which his ideas came. Relative fields will
>be fairly few, data related to the books, a pic of his initial sketch,
>and a pic of the final painting. Searches will be provided and probably
>a feedback form. The plan is for this database to be used by students
>when studying myths of the world (and other interested parties, of course).
>i am in the beginning stages using Access 2002 and Jet. We just
>purchased and installed Visual Studio .net (academic version), but i
>haven't actually used it yet. The install mentions MSDE. However, even
>after reading about MSDE on MS's site, i still can't determine my course.
>For our web application, what should i use? MSDE or Jet? ADO or is DAO
>(i am familiar with DAO but not ADO)?
>i need a plan, a course of action to follow for this, as it is new
>ground for me. i'm not asking for details, just general direction. i'm
>basically self-taught and there is no one here who knows any more about
>this.
>Any guidance is appreciated.
>--e