If your host doesn't support a certain type of...

[Jamaal E]

...technology, could you just run it from a dedicated system? Like the host I'm looking at doesn't support Microsoft Access Data baseing or Microsoft SQL. Since they dont, I can just have the site refer to the database locally correct?

[youngboy1606]

You'll pull your hair out making it work.

I use these guys all the time

http://www.re-invent.com/

They aren't the cheapest out there but if you're a solo programmer its nice to have them for help.