I can't answer your question, but it brings another question to my mind. Why can't you just upload what's changed? The only time I've ever had to completely remove and upload a new database was when I restructured the everything. Other than that I've just uploaded what changes I've made to individual pages simply overwriting the old page that was already there. It might also help if you tell us what FTP program your using. Maybe someone has experience with that program and could help. On 07/25/2011 05:21 AM, Michael Dietz wrote: > My database has gotten to the point where it takes over an hour to delete the existing db and then upload the replacement to FreePages. While the odds of somebody trying to access it during that time frame is very small I would still hate to miss the connection. It would be much better if I could upload the replacement db using FTP with a temporary folder name. Once the upload is complete I change the name of the existing folder to another temp name and then change the uploaded temp name to the functional folder name. I would then delete the old folder. Instead of an hour or more, just a seconds would be the total downtime. > > Is this possible and if how do I do it? My FTP program does not have a folder change function in it. > > Thank you for your attention to this. > Mike -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb." - Benjamin Franklin - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._