Hello everyone
I’m working on this unity plugin and currently looking for a way to host an online database. The data I want to store in the database is simply a categorized string entries.
So for example, I have a database of different topic articles.
The database entry would be:
Title (string)
ID (int)
Author (string)
Content / Article (string)
The raw article content string:
Header Text
WordsWordsWords
[/I] WordsWordsWords See also <href=…>Go to link text [/INDENT] After the content is loaded in Unity, it is parsed, formatted and displayed correctly within the plugin. I want users to have an ability to view and submit new data to the database. So viewing / reading available articles in the database and ability to write your own article(-s) for other people to view. Article is just an example, I store different kind of data, but in a really similar manner. I looked for different hosting options, but most I stumbled upon are really expensive. I don’t think I need a lot of space as I only need to store some string entries. What are good, cheap ways to store your database online?
I suggest grab list of hosting and do comparison.
There are plenty free hosting, good enough for testing purposes.
Most often limited by the bandwidth. Once you know you are happy of the functionality, you can subscribe.
I personally would avoid GoDaddy however, as they more likely make you dependent on them.
Surely don’t buy domain via any web hosting, provided with web service.
You are better use domain registrars for that.
Hey there, thanks for reply! No 10 per month is alright, what kind of service could you recommend? Also how much more or less space will I get with this kind of offer?
Hello, thank you for the reply! I know I’m sorry, didn’t knew where else to post it . Is there a forum in unity website for these type of discussions?
I’m kind of new to this whole thing, so still not sure how it all works, but if I would use MySQL to create a database I need a domain to host it online? Do I link my MySQL database to my domain? I apologize if I don’t make much sense, still kind of trying to understand how it all works. Any help would be really appreciated!
I won’t recomend any concrete hoster since in this forum thread that would sound as advertising. For $10 month you typically will get 10-20 gigabytes of space if talking about VPS hosting and about 20-50 gigabytes if we talking about dedicated database hosting.
Connected forum section is probably as close, as it can get to this type of question.
But technically speaking, you asking something beyond game making. You could perhaps use any web hosting related forum, or SQL related forum and search for an best answer. This thread is already very stretching, to game dev related subject.
How much you will get for 10$? Is really host dependent. And may change from day to day.
Do you need domain? You most likely want also a website. But you could get away with it to certain extent. At least for duration of testing. Is related how you link game communication to your DB.
Really you want search your answers for these questions, outside Unity forum. You will get most accurate answers.
