can db be on 1 server/site and results another?

[LML]

Can this be done?

My site and db are hosted and run via Lasso/FM pro. (call this site1.com)

I want to make another site, on another server, that doesn't have FM Pro or Lasso hosting. Call this simplesite2.com.

Can I have a page withinn simplesite2.com that talks to a db hosted on site1.com? Specifically, can I show results/records in simplesite2.com from the db in site1.com?

If so, I guess I need a special call tag to tell is where the db resides.

Can someone clue me in?

And, are there any problems with this (if it can be done)?

Thanks!!

Lynn

[Anatoli]

I am doing that regularly with Frames and you can also try the iFrames.

[Garry Claridge]

Yes, you can do this.

I have sites on one hosting service and the databases elsewhere. You give the full URL in the FORM ACTION tag. You can use Frames or DHTML Layers to integrate the data into another page.

This is handy for having graphics etc on one server and the database on another.

All the best.

Garry

[LML]

Thanks Garry and Anatoli,

Glad to hear it can be done. Makes things less expensive this way for hosting.

When you say use frames, are you meaning the site itself (the html part) should be in frames? Or is frames a term used with Filemaker that means something different?

Also re: dhtml ... can you point me at something to read so I understand more about this?

Thanks,

Lynn

[Garry Claridge]

Frames and DHTML (Dynamic HTML) are all elements of HTML page development. You would use Frames, or Layers, if you want to combine various pages to look as if they are one page.

A good HTML book will describe these elements.

All the best.

Garry

[Anatoli]

Yes, you can have one HTML page generated from full URL to database.

IMHO the same can work with iFrame (not in NN4).