message forum and databases!!

Hi,

I am building a web site all in Flash for a band, they bought the domain name etc.
The problem is - they want a message forum...
but I have just found out their web domain does not include any database of any sort. Would they have to buy one seperately or is there a way around it?

Also, they want an area where they can list their upcoming gigs - and with no knowledge of flash or anything they would have to upload it independently - so they need this bit to be simple

Im new to the whole database thing and was going to learn as I go but Im already stumped now!

www.flash-db.com has a message board in Flash working with php ( no database ) if the server supports php.

For gig updates, easiest is to just have the gigs in a textfile that yo load into Flash. ( the band has to upload new textfiles though, to update ). You can also make a administration interface in Flash where the band put their gogs, that gets saved to a textfile on the server. This can be done with a rather simple php scrip to. Heres a tutorial on saving dynamic data.

http://www.flash-db.com/Tutorials/saving/

Hi,

Thats brilliant if I can use php instead of a database for the forum! Do you know of any tutorials that could help on this?

And Ill have a look at that link too, thanks a lot.

Hi there,
Here's one i just found doing a quick google search, you will find many more.

The forum files are ready to go. Simple instructions are on the FlashDB site.