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Is it always necessary to upload to the host, the App_Data folder if my db

does not reside in that folder?

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L. A. Jones


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Short answer : no.







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It is because my host is telling me that the problem with my db is related to

the fact that I have not uploaded a App_Data folder. I kinda felt that this

was not so because my program works fine on my development machine with

App_Data folder.

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L. A. Jones





"Juan T. Llibre" wrote:

Whether an App_Data directory is needed, or not, may be related to your ISP's rules.

An ISP can ban databases from residing anywhere other than App_Data.





The only thing to have in mind, if your data resides somewhere else than in App_Data,

is that, unless it's a SQL Server or similar DBMS, your data might be at risk if the

data resides within a virtually accesible online directory.











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