Re: Oracle via WWW

In article <35uifd$69q_at_dalsn02d.dalsn02d> mmarolda_at_dalxt004.dal.mobil.com (Mike Marolda) writes:
>In article <psoohoo.76.000EDCCF_at_rosedale.org>,
>paul soohoo <psoohoo_at_rosedale.org> wrote:
>>Has anyone accessed Oracle 7 using HTML forms where some WWW "browser" front
>>ends an Oracle server?
>
>
>Sure, I've done it for several applications. There are a couple
>of tools on the net (gsql for one) that will assist you in this.
>(I can't remember where this is located but archie should be
>able to find it for you.)
>
>Instead, I prefer to write a cgi compliant oraperl or C application
>that will take the input from a form or a link, perform the
>appropriate database operation and output the html as a result.
>
>You'll need to get the docs from ncsa on how to write cgi compliant
>applications. These can be found in the:
>http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
>heirarchy.

Mike,
  Care to share any examples? Can we take a peek at what you've done?

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