Sub application becoming main application

Thanks very much.

 

Greetings. My site's main applicationuses Sql 2000 as the database. Later, I set upa sub-application using sql 2005 service. At this time, the old sql 2000 based application is going away and the sql 2005 side will be growing. There are quite a few html pages and other files in the root directory that I would like to keep from the old site. Otherwise, the new site will have more in common with the sub-application than the original 2000 based application. Should I just start fresh or is it best to start with what is there, delete old information, move the subapplication to the root file or what?

 

You'll have to decide what's best for you, however in the .NET framework you have many options.
I've migrated both ASP and ASP.NET 1.1 and each time simply moved them to their own application folder.
Once they were moved the new ASP.NET 2 apps became the default site rulers.

You can catch requests to your site and send them to the proper app folder, i.e. /oldsite/
Or you can simply let your users know, maybe even with slight site menu changes.

Personally I like the idea of moving all legacy apps out of the main folders.
This can really help with many of your future headaches,such asweb.config inheritance.
Hope this helped a bit,
Mark