I run a small supply company in the Middle East. I had an online database developed using MS-SQL and I have to say the database sucks big time. Can anyone suggest a web database solution? Mainly for my customers and I would like it to be able to display excel style spreadsheets.

Your database sucks bigtime?? More like whoever designed your website sucks bigtime, as My-SQL is hands down the best web-based database in existence. As far as displaying "excel style spreadsheets," not sure exactly what you are talking about, but using PHP, you can display any information from the database you like.

ummm... thats MS-SQL. as for the excel spreadsheets. i dont know. i've seen someone using them with an asp script, but thats it FBI Agent AIM: EliteAssassin187

I think your complaint seems to be aimed towards the user-interface of the database rather than the database technology itself (MS-SQL, in this case), right? When you say you want the information displayed in excel-style spreadsheets, do you mean you just want to see it in rows and columns, or do you require that it be given to you in an actual excel spreadsheet? The first is easy and can be done in any common server-side language (php, perl, jsp, asp, asp.net, etc.), the second you would be best off using asp, or better yet, asp.net. Either way, if the user interface is the problem, you'll have to hire a programmer to fix it...There probably aren't any commercial solutions that will give you exactly what you need. If you can give us a little information about what is bad about your current solution, you'll receive more useful replies than those you've gotten thus far. Good Luck! -SN

if you want it in an excel spreadsheat MS-SQL has an option of exporting stuff to excel. If you just plain out want another DB system - MySQL is okay as long as you dont use it for anything too advanced. If you think you're gonna be using it for more advanced stuff - get IBM DB2 - BEST database system i've ever used. Money not an issue? Where do you live and when are you not home? I'm not gonna rob you, I'm just gonna steal some stuff