[thelist] looking for new host for W2K/ColdFusion

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Tue Feb 26 02:31:00 CST 2002


sharon,

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> From: sfmalo
>
> Non-virtual cgi-bin means a local cgi-bin or "cgi-bin
> can live anywhere" type of situation. I have learned a
> hard lesson these past few weeks. The present host uses
> a virtual cgi-bin with script aliasing. This means, I
> have to submit a Perl script to them for approval and
> uploading. I cannot just upload it to the server myself.
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ah, that makes alot more sense now.

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> Maybe all W2K hosts require that, but it's for the
> birds. You have to rely solely on the host and the time
> it takes for them to approve it. Loss of control let
> alone the time you may have to wait!
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so forego the use of cgi entirely.  there's not much you can't do with
coldfusion.  if you're paying for that on your account you might as well use
it.

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> Funny. I was thinking of hostcentric a few moments ago.
> Could you elaborate as to "reasonable luck" with them?
> What kind of problems did you have?
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well, when i first started using them with a client i hated them.  however,
their tech support response times have done wonders to my opinion of them.
my main concern is that sometimes it seems that their servers are
overloaded.  however, i think that if i concentrate on cleaning up the
garbage code the last developer left that alot of the problems i'm seeing
will go away (fingers crossed).

.jeff

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