# Flash and Databases

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-databases/30787>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 14, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-databases/30787 "2003-09-14T03:03:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daedelus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Daedelus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Daedelus)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-and-databases/30787/1 "2003-09-14T03:03:29Z")

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ok, I have an interesting dilemma. I’m setting up a website that has a classified ads section, and I wanted to make it dynamic, so that I don’t have to sit there and re-do a bunch of work every day (nor do I want my friend, whose site it is, to have to do too much).

Initially, I was gonna use an Access database to store the information and pull it up in Flash, but I just found out that you can’t run Access dbs on anything but a Windows server, and the service I use runs Linux.

At any rate, I’m pretty stumped… any suggestions?