Does any1 know a good Windows Hosting package to run ...

**dharrison** · #1 (**permalink**) 10-28-2005, 11:30 AM

... a job search script. This last week I have tried nearly every resource I know.

Basically my customer, a Recruitment Agency had to move server as their original one ceased trading quite a while ago.

Anyway I am doing them a revamp and including a job search script on their site. But this particular script needs the following requirements:

Host: MS NT/2000
Server IIS 4 +
ASP
For Email feature to work either
ASPMail-Srverobjects, JMail, ASPEMail-Persits or CDONTS
ODBC support for MS Access

It can be Windows 2003 Server, but in order for that to run, MS SQL server as DB back end.

Apparently with 2003 servers and MS Access, many clients have reported random errors, and moving those sites to MS SQL server resolved those random issues

Does anyone know of a hosting (shared) package that has these features and is quite reasonable in price?

Any help will be gratefully received.

Many thanks and best regards

ADAM Web Design · #2 (**permalink**) 10-28-2005, 07:40 PM

The random errors with Access and 2K3 server sounds more like bad coding than a server issue to me. Random errors don't just "occur" with something like that, and Access is a little more susceptible to that sort of thing.

Anyway, having said that, check out my boys over at Sectorlink. I've got a Win2K dedicated box with them, and have been with them 3.5 years. They know their stuff, they kick ass, and they're never down (at least they haven't been on me since before the blackout of 2003).

**brian.mark** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-29-2005, 02:55 AM

The recruiting firm I'm working with is going to use a mini to search the jobs and not worry too much about what the actual backend on the web server is made of. They are considering hosting the search box in house and just having it queried through the firewall over their cable line. It passes XML simple enough, so that's not really an issue.

Seems like I saw a host not too long ago that actually had a gsa that you could have some select number of documents crawled with and searched through. I don't remember who it was, though. I'll keep looking through my files on that one.

Adam's recommendation of Sectorlink is decent. They tend to keep up on updates a bit better than some of the other hosts. Of course, there are many hosts out there just to get a few bucks and run. Being reliable for 3.5 years is as good of a recommendation as I've seen for any host.

Brian.

**dharrison** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-29-2005, 04:12 AM

Thanks Adam and Brian for your feedback.

I would be grateful Brian if you could let me know ref the gsa. Many thanks.

Adam, I will take a look at your hosting people shortly.

Best regards,

**brian.mark** · #5 (**permalink**) 11-10-2005, 03:03 PM

I found the host with the GSA. It's someone local (couldn't find them by searching online) and they require a contract that they maintain your website.

I guess that means "Never Mind" to most of us here.

Brian.

**dharrison** · #6 (**permalink**) 11-10-2005, 04:04 PM

Hmm.

Thanks anyway for letting me know, brian. it is much appreciated. :)