[thelist] ASP:: Personal Info > Write to Text or Email off?

[kevin D. white]

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That certainly would help the problem of the file remaining open for long
periods of time. I will implement your suggestion if I have to use a text
file.  But would you really store personal info in a text file on the same
box as the Web server?  From a security standpoint Email has got to be the
safer of the two.  This is just so frustrating.  I can't fathom why my
client thinks a text file is okay if a database is not.

I have made some progress though.  I've forced my project lead to call a
meeting with the client and their IT department.  I really want to hear
their IT people agree to a plain text file on an open Web server.  I also
want to hear how they plan on getting the file off that server without
inducing yet another security risk.  Esp. since my client is on the other
side of the country from the physical server and they need this data
updated every day.

What a headache.  Is it Friday yet?


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Warden, Matt" <mwarden at mattwarden.com>
:
: i'd be too afraid to use a solution as unreliable as email.
:
: here's a thought: why not batch it?
:
: your script writes the info to File A. Every 20 minutes, some other
: process runs that copies all information from File A to the full database
: in File B. That way, FIle B is only accessed once every 20 minutes and
: File A never gets large enough for it to cause problems.
:


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