Connecting To The Sample Database (Asp) - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-GETTING STARTED WITH DREAMWEAVER Getting Started

280 Setup for Sample ASP Site
To upload the samples files to the web server:
1.
In the Files panel (Window > Files), select the root folder of the site in
the Local View pane.
The root folder is the topmost folder in the list.
2. Click the blue Put Files arrow icon in the Files panel toolbar, and
confirm that you want to upload the entire site.
Dreamweaver copies all the files to the web server folder you defined in
"Defining a remote folder" on page
The Dreamweaver site is now defined. The next step is to connect to the
sample database installed with Dreamweaver.
Connecting to the sample
database (ASP)
During installation, Dreamweaver copies a sample Microsoft Access
database to your hard disk. This section describes how to create a
connection to the sample database.
For information on connecting to another database, see
"Database Connections for ASP Developers,"
To create a database connection:
1. If you're using a remote computer as a server, set up the sample database
on the remote computer (see
computer)" on page
2.
Create the connection in Dreamweaver (see
connection" on page
Setting up the database (server on remote
computer)
This section applies only if your web server is running on a remote
computer. If your web server is running on the same computer as
Dreamweaver, skip to
277.
"Setting up the database (server on remote
280).
282).
"Creating a database connection" on page
Chapter 26,
in Using Dreamweaver.
"Creating a database
282.