Re: web and databases

AJ Musgrove wrote:
>
> Franco Scarselli (franco_at_dsi.ing.unifi.it) wrote:
> : Hi,
 

> : I am going to restructure the informatic organization of an association.
> : A part of the work requires the introduction of a Windows NT server that
> : should contain administration and medical data. I think to use a DBMS
> : among Microsoft SQL server, Oracle SQL server and Sybase SQL server.
> : Franco
> Sorry about you having to use Windows NT AS. That is going to limit some of
> your options about using web/dbms technologies. If that is the solution you
> are going to use, I suggest trying to use a UNIX box so you can have all the
> software availible.
>
> Anyways, I suggest Sybase. Sybase has a product called web.sql that is for
> web integration. Also, as a web server, I suggest Netscape Commerce Server,
> as it has all the security and encryption it appears you desire built in.

I can second that. WebSQL + the Commerce server makes for a very well-behaved combination, and has the advantages of being based on well-known languages (Perl, SQL)

> Does anyone know if Sybase
> has come out with JDBC drivers yet?> --
> AJ Musgrove

webLogic has the JDBC for Sybase, but so far there is no Irix version so I haven't tried it.

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