Re: Need information about web database ...

 I agree with f.van.bortel. See also Oracle Application Server and upcoming Oracle8i.
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f.van.bortel_at_vnl.nl wrote:

> What about Oracle's WebServer? You might end up without CGI, just PL/SQL!
>
> Steven Franklin wrote:
>
> > Remy Giard wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I know Oracle and Access but i'm a beginner in web database. I want
> > > to build a database where i could diffuse some informations on the web.
> > > This database will maybe be big so i need i fast enough software. The
> > > question is, What is the best software to develop a web database, Access
> > > ? Oracle ? or others ? Do i need to learn CGI ?
> > >
> > > You suggestion is welcome !!!
> > > thanks
> >
> > Access if definitely too slow for anything serious. In general, Oracle is
> > the database to use. Although if sheer speed for read operations is all
> > that counts, and your data if fairly static, MySQL might be the way to go.
> > But MySQL does not implement constraints, so use this one with caution.
> >
> > As for CGI, yes you need to learn CGI , but keep in mind CGI is a simple
> > protocol not a language. CGI can be written with any language that can read
> > stdin, write stdout and read environment variables. Which leads to the
> > question, What web server are you using?
> >
> > If Apache, you can use perl or php to connect your database through an
> > embedded interpreter. I've used perl in this context, so I can't comment on
> > php. But perl is very easy for this task. Get the CGI.pm and DBI
> > libraries. Checking the CPAN sites you'll find all kinds of perl libraries
> > for generating HTML, Date handling, and lots of other tasks you may need to
> > do.
> >
> > If Oracle Application Server, then you can use PL/SQL to connect your
> > database to the web. But again your using (as I recall, I blew this one off
> > and went with Apache/mod_perl) CGI through an object style interface.
> >
> > If Netscape, you can use server side JavaScript to access your database and
> > handle your CGI processing. With JavaScript you talk to your database with
> > a database object, and CGI through a request object.
> >
> > I suppose Java/JDBC is an option as well, but I haven't used that yet, so I
> > can't comment. Of these options that I have used and listed above. My
> > preference is for perl, since perl has the most library support. With perl
> > there is a library avaible for just about anything you would want to do.
> > And if no library exists, it is an fairly simple to write your own perl code
> > for handling the task.
Received on Mon Mar 29 1999 - 19:45:06 CST