Please help with simple problem

[staggy]

Hello

Just bought Lasso, although had Filemaker for year. Slowly working my way through the guides, which are excellent. However although I can get the database profiler to spot the db I want to use, and GoLive can access the db fields when it builds a form, I can't get it it pick up data from the db and bring it into GoLive - it comes up with loads of errors. These do not have a number on so I don't know what they are.

I can't also seem to work out the address of the hosted db in a web browser. I've put a folder on teh desktop and used this to put the web info in, but no joy in trying to work out the web address!

Oh, sorry, having no issues with site admin, and have configured all the access and users to allow full access. (This is only a demo db, not live).

Any thoughts anyone?? thanks

[Steve T.]

Hi, S! I'm not a Lasso user and I am not sure about your setup, but I will mention some fundamentals in the hopes that something will be helpful but I am sorry if you already know all of this...

It appears to me that you probably have an Apache, Lasso, FileMaker system such that Apache is the web server (comes w/OSX), Lasso is your programming/scripting middleware technology, and FM is your database. In such a system, your "root web directory" where your web pages go is probably on your main hard drive in the Documents folder of the WebServer folder of the Library folder...

/Library/WebServer/Documents/index.html

If your web service is on, then you can probably see your web pages by using http://localhost/ in your web browser. GoLive can make your standard web pages or (apparently) also create your Lasso-coded pages as well. Such a page will probably be a standard web page with Lasso code/tags in it like [Field: myfieldname].

If Lasso is working and your database is open and shared correctly, Lasso will substitute FileMaker data into display tags like [Field: myfieldname] or otherwise allow you to interact or manipulate your data.

I hope this helps a little even though it does not have any specific answers to your questions.

--ST