PostgreSQL and Web App

Databases
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Has any one implemented Postgre with their web apps? If so, how and where have you had your app hosted?

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Amazon AWS gives you the freedom to implement any kind of solution as you control all the environment. Now they even have a PostgreSQL service ready to go called PostGreSQL RDS (beta). Maybe too advanced for some users.

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Well I use webfaction for all my hosting. I’m planning to try a small test of hosting an XOJO web server this weekend if I find the time. They all you to run custom applications that listen on a port and you can open that port to the internet or have certain requests to a domain or subdomain route to the port internally, so no need to have access to port 80.

As I say if I can find the time next weekend I’ll give it a go.

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I should have added that the do not have the 32 libs installed as default, but they told me that I can go ahead and install them if I wish.

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Thanks for the responses guys. James, web faction looks interesting. I am going to check them out.

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Just wanted to add that over last weekend I tried getting a demo on Webfaction:

  • getting a custom app listening on a port, no problem
  • getting all requests to a domain/sub-domain routed to that port, no problem
  • setting up a background task to keep the custom app up and running, no problem
  • getting XOJO app running, BIG PROBLEM, 32 bit libs installed and will no be :frowning:

So until 64 bit XOJO, I’ll have to stick to Node.js for internet development and keep XOJO for the intranet.

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[quote=61936:@James Dooley]getting XOJO app running, BIG PROBLEM, 32 bit libs installed and will no be :frowning:
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That is a bummer. :frowning:

Thank you for looking in to it James! :slight_smile: