linkin an offline database to an offline webpage?

Question

i have to creat a survey where the frontend is an offline webpage and the information gets stored in an offline access database.the problem here is that it has to be on a ouple of network drives..in my institute, we have four network drives.but not all the systems can run access or ms office, hence i wanna make the survey in an offline webpage on one network drive that links the data to an access database on another network drive..so far, whoever i have spoken to says that i need to run an ASP code..and i need a server. the problem again is i cant access the server cos it is secured..can you please help me in a step by step process..appreciate any help that can be given,,

Answer 1

Your requirements don't make any sense. An "offline" web page generally means to be one stored and accessed locally (or over the network - either way, not through a web server) which means it cannot process server-side code, which means you cannot do any of the interaction with an Access database.

If the project is mandated, then the person assigning it needs to ensure you have access to the resources necessary to complete it. You do need some kind of a web server in order to make a web page that can interact with an Access (or any other kind) database.

Answer 2

I don't do a lot of web design but couldn't you install mySql and a free wbeserver server on the pc with the network drives and use PHP to write the survey webpage and script the php pages to connect to a database using the private IP address of the machine with the database?

The requirements are mixed up, but you could always host the survey on the main machine.

I'm no PHP expert but I can't see why it wouldn't work.