Dynamic PDF component on external server

Hello
I'd like to feed data from a MS SQL database to an ASP web
page, and then also have the ability to download it as a
(dynamically created) PDF. This seems to need a component on the
server which my web host won't install.
I was wondering if I could get an account on another web
host, create the PDFs there and link to them from the pages on the
first host. BUT I can't seem to feed data from the database on Host
1 to a page on Host 2.
Any brainwaves would be very gratefully received!
Square

Square Eye wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'd like to feed data from a MS SQL database to an ASP
web page, and then also
> have the ability to download it as a (dynamically
created) PDF. This seems to
> need a component on the server which my web host won't
install.
>
> I was wondering if I could get an account on another web
host, create the PDFs
> there and link to them from the pages on the first host.
BUT I can't seem to
> feed data from the database on Host 1 to a page on Host
2.
>
> Any brainwaves would be very gratefully received!
>
> Square
>
You could have a page on host1 that collects the data and
outputs it as
XML, then on host2 it uses the XML to create the PDF.
Steve

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> Hello
>
> I'd like to feed data from a MS SQL database to an ASP
web page, and then also
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created) PDF. This seems to
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>
> I was wondering if I could get an account on another web
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BUT I can't seem to
> feed data from the database on Host 1 to a page on Host
2.
>
> Any brainwaves would be very gratefully received!
>
> Square
>
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outputs it as
XML, then on host2 it uses the XML to create the PDF.
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