I want to have host ( I want go online )

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

i have a windows application with big database in sql server i want to buy a host I do not know anything in this area .
so what should I do ? What suggestions do you suggest me to use?

What I have tried:

I didn't try anything because I'm afraid

Posted 12-Jan-19 19:26pm

el_tot93

Updated 12-Jan-19 19:49pm

Add a Solution

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2019-01-12T19:49:00

Solution 1

If you want to "go online" and move your app and it's data to a website then you need to find a web hosting service, that provides an SQL Database, and then rewrite your app as a website (which is not a trivial operation, and is way, way beyond the scope of a tiny text box like this).

Have a google for hosting services, and try to find one that provides support in your native language: it makes the inevitable problem resolution a lot easier if you aren't translating madly while trying to fix a problem! Then check what others think of them, compare costs and what exactly they provide (some cap DB size, some limit bandwidth, etc.) - most of them will register a domain for you.

Posted 12-Jan-19 19:49pm

OriginalGriff

Comments

el_tot93 13-Jan-19 2:07am

Can I just put my database on the host and link it to my program without converting the program to a website

OriginalGriff 13-Jan-19 2:15am

That's probably not a good idea...
You can do it, with some hosting services - as them if they expose databases publicly - but it's dangerous: anyone can access it and because it is publicly exposed, that means anyone who can access it can modify it, delete data, add spurious data, whatever they want. (Which is why many hosting services don't expose DB's) It's called "Remote access" and you need admin permissions to alter it as it's a global thing, you don't pick it on a DB-by-DB basis.

Your other solution would be to move your data to the cloud, but that brings its own new set of security challenges, code changes, and again is too big a subject for a tiny text box! Google will help you there as well.