Hi Guys,

I bought this book ( ASP.NET Website Programming Prob-Design-Solution - VB.NET) last week and I want to download and test the code as mentioned in chapter 1. But, I only have Win XP home edition, SQL Express and Cassini Web server. Is this sufficient to test the "ThePhile" code from this website or do I HAVE to purchase SQL server and IIS?

If there is a way to use free databases & Webservers (like SQL EXPREss or cassini) and be able to test this code, Can you please email that to me. Thanks!

Sri

Sorry, the current edition of this book requires IIS, which comes with XP Pro. You can use the free MSDE edition of SQL Server, but you need IIS.

You also need VS 2002 or VS 2003.

The second edition of this book, due in a few months, is a total rewrite, and it does not require IIS. It can use the webserver built-in to VS 2005, which is based on Cassini. It might even work with the free version of VS 2005 called Web Developer Express.

But I personally don't think you can be serious about web development on Windows if you are not familiar with IIS. And you can't get familar with IIS if you don't have it.

Englere,

The database file, thephile-database-backup.bak, that came with the ZIp file is getting the following error while trying to create/restore the thePhile Db:

The physical filename C:\Documents and Settings\davidb\Desktop\ThePhile_Data.MDF may not be correct

Am I accessing incorrect database?

Thanks

That's a real odd folder to use for a database. How did you make this?

I did not create that file; That message is from the DB backup file that came with Code. Is there a later version of the code download for this book. I will try that first.

You can get my code if you want. This is newer than the book and it has some changes:

http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34263

My code has a SQL file to create all the objects (and my SQL is complete, unlike the one in the code download).

The problem with my code is that it doesn't match the book, so you may get confused if you're not real experienced.

Many people have restored the database from that backup file, and I think you can get that to work if you spend more time on it. Use that "with move" option if you need to.

Just for the record: no serious code or data should ever be deployed to any folder under "Documents and Settings" because this is tied to a particular user. Servers are supposed to have software that isn't tied to one user account.