Re: [Q] generating html from a database?

From: Chris Amaru <cpa_at_empire.net>
Date: 1996/04/29
Message-ID: <4m2kis$h47_at_RedDragon.Empire.Net>#1/1


In article <4ltija$qcg_at_morgoth.sfu.ca>, 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?
>
>Regards,
>
>Darran Edmundson
>dedmunds_at_sfu.ca
>
It depends on what db you are using. With SQL Server 6.5 you can use the Web Page Wizard to create HTML pages. The alternative is using the Internet Database Connector in MS Internet Information Server. I do like the idea of using REXX to create HTML by querying the database.

                Chris Received on Mon Apr 29 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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