Do I have to get the hosting service to create the database?

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This is probably a dumb question because I've been looking in asp.NET books
and the Internet an find no reference at all, but here goes.

If I want to, for example, save the username and password in a database,
what do I have to do to create the database.

I've read about the connecting to a database, but that appears to assume the
database exists.

Do I have to get the hosting service to create the database?

If so, how is this usually done - what do I have to tell them about the
configuration and administrators?


Thanks
 
Mark Rae said:
Depends on a) the hosting service and b) the RDBMS.

What did they say when you asked them...?
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That would have been too easy.
I don't have one yet.
Still learning on my machine.

So I'm wondering, if they create it, how much detail about it do they have
to be told.
If I'm not familiar with these details I'd like to read about them before
hand.

If they support ASP.NET is MS SQL Server the usual DB?

Thanks
 
You do not need hosting...
You can download MS SQL Express edition from Microsoft (it's free) and
install it on your system to learn how to use DB from ASP.NET

George.
 
Mark Rae said:
Again, it really will depend on the host and the RDBMS. Some will simply
want to know how much database space you require so that they can charge
you appropriately...


Again, there are no hard and fast rules about this... Some hosts support
MySQL instead of SQL Server because MySQL is free...
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I think I understand now. Thanks
 
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