Web Database Examples Managing large Web sites can be cumbersome, especially when a large amount of content has to be presented in the same fashion over and over again. For example, a card catalog consists of thousands, perhaps millions, of records. Maintaining thousands or millions of Web pages for each record would be a nightmare. Web database tools enable you to manage such large sites efficiently. The two underlying concepts of Web database technology are:
If all you need to do is make reports from an existing database available on a periodic (weekly, quarterly) basis, you may want to consider using the ability to generate HTML reports from Access to create pages you just transfer to the Web server. This solution gives you control over what data is available, and doesn't introduce the security concerns associated with making a database available on the Web. If you desire
the full functionality of a Web database application, ITC offers two basic
development models. One development model involves using an Access database
and programming in either Cold Fusion, ASP, or Active Perl. The other
development model involves using a MySQL database and programming in either
Perl, Java, or PHP. The following sets of pages provide examples of Web database applications that were created with different database programs and programming tools. Each example contains a link to the source code so that you may see how the program was developed.
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Design & Promotion If you need further assistance with Web applications or questions, send e-mail to web-consult@virginia.edu or call the ITC Help Desk at 924-3731. |
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