[thelist] DSN/DSN-Less & Cold Fusion/ASP Hosting

[Gina K. Anderson]

Hi all,

Since I have decided to look into ColdFusion (and possibly ASP), I am just
looking at hosters, and seeing what's available out there. Two questions:

1. On one particular host I am looking at, they have this in their
   starter package features:

	DSN Datasources included : 2
	DSN-less connections: Unlimited

   I sorta got the gist of what DNS vs. DSN-less actually is
   (by looking it up in Google ;), but in Cold Fusion, do DNS
   connection types matter? I didn't find much about DSNs and CF.
   As you can see, I'm a *NIX gal and most of this doesn't make sense yet.


2. Also, what database support should I be looking for here? This
   particular hoster gives MS Access or FoxPro database support
   included, with MSQL 7.0 Database as an option. I have Access
   on my computer here, is one better than the other?


Any of you guys that fool with CF are welcome to give me hosting recommendations
;)
The hoster I was looking at is: http://www.cosmotek.net/services/compare.htm
($10.05/m), would like to stay around that price since I don't have a clue about
NT servers ;) I thought I might go with a free hoster (like cfm-resources.com)
at first, but I'm looking for other alternatives.

You're invited to write me offlist,
Thanks,
Gina