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[SPaReK]

We have all Linux servers. One of these servers runs the Chillisoft ASP. I know absolutely nothing about ASP. A prospective client has emailed us, asking if it will be possible to use his database applications on the server. I believe he is wanting to use Ultradev. We use MySQL databases on the server. It sounds to me like he would be better off using a Windows hosting provider, but I really don't know much about ASP or the Chillisoft ASP. I would appreciate other's opinions on this.

Thanks

[mwatkins]

Ask the prospect what database his applications require. If its MS SQL Server, then you are out of luck.

Its highly unlikely they will be able to port the MS SQL Server based application over unless it is *very* simple. MySQL and SQL Server are different in many ways ranging from simple things like the use of LIMIT to lack of sub selects, triggers, stored proc differences, etc in MySQL.

If they wanted to port, Postgres would be an easier target.

Chances are they simply want to run something with as little change as possible, which in the case of ASP + MSSQL combo, as you said, means a W2K host.