It would be nice to have a few step by step tutorials, not for general web development, but for developing specifically on the Ultima hosts environment. I've already seen a couple of scattered things in the forums concerning specific setup tutorials etc, and I think it would be great to have more of them, in a central area. The reason for this is that every host has their own quirks, and many of the quirks aren't adequately explained. For example, I feel kind of lost on some things concerning how we are supposed to connect to a SQL 05 DB (i.e. must all of the DBs I make on my computer end with _data and _log before I upload them?).
Tutorials inherently eliminate ambiguity through the idea of "example." Sure, it's nice to see a knowledge base article that says:
Your connection string should look like this:
<connectionStrings>
<clear />
<add
name="CommerceTemplate" connectionString="Data Source=69.16.210.14;
initial catalog=[database name]; user ID=[username];
password=[password];" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="Data
Source=69.16.210.14; initial catalog=[database name]; user
ID=[username]; password=[password];"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
But seeing an actual short tutorial, that says the following, would tell me that I don't need to tell which directory my DB is in, make sure it ends with _data, ETC.:
Write the connection string as follows for your pencil factory database:
<connectionStrings>
<clear />
<add
name="AllPencils" connectionString="Data Source=69.16.210.14;
initial catalog=pencilsdb_data.mdf; user ID=walter;
password=abcd;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
...
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