Re: Database Options
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
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texte = Is the below also ok using WebTen and WebStar SSL? Can I use the same WebCatalog to serve for both servers on the same machine?Bennie>John, > >Are you running two separate servers -- one for secure, the other for >non-secure serving? > >If *NOT*, you can get rid of all your *other* database software and >simply use the WebCatalog.acgi, because the CGI version will talk to >both your secure and non-secure server apps when they are on the same >machine. In fact, this is the recommended way of doing things when >you're running a secure and a non-secure server on the same Mac. > >However, if you're running two separate Macs in order to use port 80 >for your secure server, which is what you seem to be doing, then I >would get one copy of Typhoon for every database on your non-secure >server ... or buy another copy of WebCatalog for that non-secure >server. > >Actually, if I were you I would probably take the approach of saving >money instead, by putting everything on a single server and runnning >all my secure and non-secure databases from the WebCatalog.acgi on >that server. > >This would give you a free Mac to use for something other than web >serving, and if you really want to speed up the performance of your >site, you can use it to serve all the image files your non-secure web >servers (which is normally used to serve the majority of pages on a >web site anyways ... although I don't think that's the way you are >doing it). > >Just get PostHaste and run it as an image server on the free Mac, and >you will see a definite speed increase on your non-secure site... >because when WebSTAR no longer has to serve your images, it is much >faster. > > >>Boy, it looks like I'm going to hog the List today. >> >>I am in a quandary. I have purchased WebCatalog for our Electronic Mall >>segment of our Web servers. I did this after struggling with creating a >>shopping cart system on Tango. >> >>With just a couple of exceptions I have been very pleased with the performance >>and functionality of Webcatalog. I seem to be struggling with some of the >>features necessary to tweak our vendor web sites. >g< >> >>While I have implemented WebCatalog on our secured server, I have a couple of >>database offerings that have nothing to do with online shopping. I have >>allowed these to remain as Tango acgi linked items on our unsecured server. >> >>For the past month, the Tango acgi seems to crash our unsecured server nearly >>once per day. >> >>To remedy this situation I am considering the following alternatives: >> >>1) Use Typhoon on the unsecured server. I really would like to do this but it >>seems that the software will only support one (1) database file and >>I have more >>than that I need to configure....all as unsecured, non-commercial offerings. >> >>2) Use the new FileMaker Pro 4.0 software. There might be a problem here in >>that my preliminary reading of the beta docs seems to also indicate that this >>will only allow one (1) database to be web published. In addition, >>FMP resides >>on my mail server Mac. >> >>3) Use the current SSL equipped WebCatalog on our secured server. My concern >>here is that accessing our secured server requires the use of https with the >>URL links and some older browsers seem to have problems with this. >> >>[Side question - can I configure Webstar/ssl to use port 80 and still ensure >>that it will be displayed as a secured server? I would like to use the URL >>
without having to specify the https at the >>beginning.] >> >> >>John Benn, PetsForum Group >>On C From CompuServe - The Net's Best Thing For Pets & Animals >> > > >Sincerely, Ken Grome >WebDNA Solutions >808-737-6499 >http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/ > >. > > > ************************************** Bennie Warren /\ LemooreNet / / 320 West D Street / / Lemoore, CA 93245 / / /\ /\ Phone: 209.924.5909 / /_ _ / \ / / Fax 209.924.9578 \ _ _ / /\ \/ / bennie@lemoorenet.com / / \ / http://www.lemoorenet.com /_/ \/ **************************************
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Is the below also ok using WebTen and WebStar SSL? Can I use the same WebCatalog to serve for both servers on the same machine?Bennie>John, > >Are you running two separate servers -- one for secure, the other for >non-secure serving? > >If *NOT*, you can get rid of all your *other* database software and >simply use the WebCatalog.acgi, because the CGI version will talk to >both your secure and non-secure server apps when they are on the same >machine. In fact, this is the recommended way of doing things when >you're running a secure and a non-secure server on the same Mac. > >However, if you're running two separate Macs in order to use port 80 >for your secure server, which is what you seem to be doing, then I >would get one copy of Typhoon for every database on your non-secure >server ... or buy another copy of WebCatalog for that non-secure >server. > >Actually, if I were you I would probably take the approach of saving >money instead, by putting everything on a single server and runnning >all my secure and non-secure databases from the WebCatalog.acgi on >that server. > >This would give you a free Mac to use for something other than web >serving, and if you really want to speed up the performance of your >site, you can use it to serve all the image files your non-secure web >servers (which is normally used to serve the majority of pages on a >web site anyways ... although I don't think that's the way you are >doing it). > >Just get PostHaste and run it as an image server on the free Mac, and >you will see a definite speed increase on your non-secure site... >because when WebSTAR no longer has to serve your images, it is much >faster. > > >>Boy, it looks like I'm going to hog the List today. >> >>I am in a quandary. I have purchased WebCatalog for our Electronic Mall >>segment of our Web servers. I did this after struggling with creating a >>shopping cart system on Tango. >> >>With just a couple of exceptions I have been very pleased with the performance >>and functionality of Webcatalog. I seem to be struggling with some of the >>features necessary to tweak our vendor web sites. >g< >> >>While I have implemented WebCatalog on our secured server, I have a couple of >>database offerings that have nothing to do with online shopping. I have >>allowed these to remain as Tango acgi linked items on our unsecured server. >> >>For the past month, the Tango acgi seems to crash our unsecured server nearly >>once per day. >> >>To remedy this situation I am considering the following alternatives: >> >>1) Use Typhoon on the unsecured server. I really would like to do this but it >>seems that the software will only support one (1) database file and >>I have more >>than that I need to configure....all as unsecured, non-commercial offerings. >> >>2) Use the new FileMaker Pro 4.0 software. There might be a problem here in >>that my preliminary reading of the beta docs seems to also indicate that this >>will only allow one (1) database to be web published. In addition, >>FMP resides >>on my mail server Mac. >> >>3) Use the current SSL equipped WebCatalog on our secured server. My concern >>here is that accessing our secured server requires the use of https with the >>URL links and some older browsers seem to have problems with this. >> >>[Side question - can I configure Webstar/ssl to use port 80 and still ensure >>that it will be displayed as a secured server? I would like to use the URL >> without having to specify the https at the >>beginning.] >> >> >>John Benn, PetsForum Group >>On C From CompuServe - The Net's Best Thing For Pets & Animals >> > > >Sincerely, Ken Grome >WebDNA Solutions >808-737-6499 >http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/ > >. > > > ************************************** Bennie Warren /\ LemooreNet / / 320 West D Street / / Lemoore, CA 93245 / / /\ /\ Phone: 209.924.5909 / /_ _ / \ / / Fax 209.924.9578 \ _ _ / /\ \/ / bennie@lemoorenet.com / / \ / http://www.lemoorenet.com /_/ \/ **************************************
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