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Hello all! - Help Setup & Programming of Web-based DB
Situation:
I am trying to set up a web-based DB for a publishing company to allow clients to at least be able to search through list of available books, books in print and if not found there, go to other databases.
Total Clients: 10,000
Expected # in 2 years: 100,000
Expected # in 5 years: 1,000,000
Currently: it is a character-based system that is NOT On-Line i.e.,
they fax
the searches in and then the work gets done using phone calls etc...
My Solution Idea:
Use Netscape browser
Use MS Internet Information Server
Use MS-SQL*Server 7.0 <-- the Local (main DB) [Chosen due to
$$$costs$$$]
Use Standard Java + Standard HTML + Standard SQL
Use MS Active Server Pages to specialize Web pages for clients
Use MS NT and Exchange
Customer comes to page and uses a form to search on various criterian,
the
search gets translated to SQL (by Java - I would think) and sent to
MS-SQL*Server.
If found, send retrieved output to web and stop. else go on to other DBs and conduct searches. * Must be fast and useful info must be supplied!
Problems:
Cost: should be within $250,000
Time: should be up and fully functional in 3-6 months with 1-2 people
Scalability: Someone should be able to move this system to an Oracle or
other platform
in 3-5 years if need be without having to re-write everything.
Questions: [I've never programmed on the web]
Thanks in advance!
-Mir
Received on Thu Feb 18 1999 - 19:37:38 CST