Newbie question

[arshadjehan]

Hi All
I am new to ASP .Net, I wanna ask is there a free web hosting service which supports ASP .Net database app with SQL server at Back end? If so how should I write the connection string for that?

Waiting

[arshadjehan]

I am still waiting for an answer......

[TSmooth]

I'm not sure I completely understand your question but if you are looking for a way to run an ASP/ASP.NET host on your own machine with a SQL DB backend, then you can use IIS which comes with Windows 2000/2003 server and for a free SQL backend you can download MSDE from Microsoft. I am not sure if there is a completely free (don't need windows 2000/2003) equivalent to IIS.

If you are talking about finding an offsite webhost with SQL server backend for free then you will probably be searching forever. Webhosts are pretty cheap (shared webhosts) but SQL storage space is expensive, at least from what I've seen. It may not be bad if you are a business but as for money out of my pocket if I want to have even just a couple hundred MB DB is a little steep.

[mmetzger]

First off, no one here owes you anything so please be a little more polite.

2nd, as TSmooth said, there's not many free asp.net webhosts, if any. Look at godaddy.com as it's about $10/month for asp.net and SQL access. Otherwise, try **** for a reseller giving a deal.