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hey guys

im gonna be creating a website for my local archery club and i was wondering if the host has anything to do with allowing things like member databases and member areas etc...

am fairly new to this so thought i better ask before i go ahead with creation of the site and register with a host

Clearly you want to choose a host that offers a database technology you are familiar with or at least offers some web-based interface to.

As for member areas, you should be able to control that using a wide array of authentication/access control techniques, from the simple (such as htaccess and htpasswd) to something more robust (digest, mod_auth, etc.).

sweet now i got a gd idea am looking for thank you

Yes, all webhosting service provider will let you host your databases. If you have MSSQL/Access database then you need to consider Windows hosting else linux will serve your hosting needs.
Do check if there's any limit on number of databases and it's size before you pay for hosting.

Have a look at the hosting reviews, coz it is very important. Once, I bought a hosting package which was advertised almost everywhere. It was dissappointing and before to buy a hosting, I'm going through hosting reviews.

Curious if you ever got your site online and what provider you selected (and why?).

What budget do you have, the OP?

Think the OP has found what he needed.