Re: [Q] generating html from a database?

dedmunds_at_sfu.ca wrote:

>I'd like input on how easy/difficult it will be to create HTML documents
>from a relational database.
 

>For example, if one created a product database containing all the standard
>information (name, order number, product description, pricing, etc.), what
>would be the easiest method of producing a separate HTML document for each
>product in the database? Report generators seem to focus on producing
>WYSIWYG output rather than text files containing HTML markup commands.
>My current plan is to use a batch language (like REXX) to query the database
>and build up the output.
 

>I would be very interested in hearing how others have approached this
>problem for various databases. Are there industrial strength databases (DB/2,
>Oracle, SQLServer, Sybase, etc.) that have tools to facilitate this process?

There are any number of Web tools that can query relational databases and pour the results into Web pages, particularly if you are running Windows NT (e.g., Netscape, IIS, Purveyor). I'm biased toward PageBlazer (www.PageBlazer.com), but any of them should do what you're looking for.

Mark Murphy
The Sapphire Group
MarkM_at_SapphireGroup.com

Makers of PageBlazer(TM) for dynamic Web site development! Received on Sun Apr 28 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST