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thanks, I'll go ahead and try that.

thanks for the suggestion. I was hoping the client could just update the database on the local machine and then just upload it to the webserver. I also have very little programming experience. any easy tools to help me use the mysql/php combo? the website will be built with dreamwearver. thanks again for all your help.

Well, I'm completely new to databases and I'm doing a project that requires the use of a database. Here's the scenario, I need a database that will be on a webhosting company that will be accessed via web. Basically it will be a part of a website for an animal adoptiona agency. The website will have the organizations info on it like any other website, but it will also have a database of animals and their information and picture, that the end user (via the web browser) can sort through to see which animals are up for adoption. I thought FileMaker would be the one to do this, but it looks like i misunderstood their Instant Web publishing. Now, if I understand this correctly, IWP needs FMP to be used as the database "engine" ( don't know if I'm saying this right.) So FMP would have to reside in the server, but since I'm using a 3rd party hosting solution, I don't think that is possible. What I wanted to do was just export the database onto a webserver and have it a part of a website. Is this possible with FMP? Or should I be looking for a different solution? any and all help will be appreciated. Thanks.