Re: [Q] generating html from a database?
From: Michel Lee <ae299_at_FreeNet.Carleton.CA>
Date: 1996/05/02
Message-ID: <4makba$334_at_freenet-news.carleton.ca>#1/1
>>
>> 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
Date: 1996/05/02
Message-ID: <4makba$334_at_freenet-news.carleton.ca>#1/1
ive been looking for that stuff too , particularly for
Oracle,
try these web sites for more info:
http://www-doc.chemi.muni.cz/pub/WWW/RDBGate/Implementation.html http://oradb1.jinr.dubna.su/Software/ORALink/ http://sparcy.clemson.edu/
Looks like you need SQL-net on your web server and some Oracle products for these implementations to work.
However, We have managed a '3-tier' architecture for DBgateways. I.e.
- Web server (no Oracle products here required!!!) - Oracle Machine - yr PC/Mac
"Brian C. Gambs" (briang_at_pacificgroup.com) writes:
> I'd suggest taking a look at Crystal Reports 4.5 Professional. Although > there a lot of things about it that I hate, it will do what you require > (I think.) I say "I Think" because I haven't personally used the new > output to html stuff. Their url is http://www.crystalinc.com. > > 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
> > -- > Brian C. Gambs > Pacific Development Group > (210) 344-5193 > http://www.pacificgroup.com
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Received on Thu May 02 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST