Re: web interface with oracle DB

summer wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am designing a web interface for an existing dynamic Oracle DB. The
> interface must have browse/add/delete/edit record and search
> capabilities. There will be 100 users, 10 simultaneous, with varying
> privileges. The basic layout is: LOGIN -> SEARCH SCREEN -> RECORD.
> (There's actually a prototype GUI at
> http://www.humboldt.edu/~slb2/summer.html for anyone who thinks a peek
> might aid in helping me. )
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what software I should be using
> to develop this? Any pointers are *greatly* appreciated.
>
> thanks much,
>
> -summer
>
> summer_at_iname.com

Your approach should be based on two criteria:

1. project budget
2. technical expertise/learning curve

If you want to be able to perform virtually any SQL operations as you would in PL/SQL, I would suggest CGI coding. It's free, straight-forward, and you don't need to be concerned about scalability with only 10 concurrent users.

If you have some money to spend, there are some great web-to-database development tools you may want to investigate.

If you want a GUI development interface, try Bluestone's Sapphire/Web, http://www.bluestone.com
Or, if you have a more limited budget and don't mind doing some simple coding, try Cold Fusion, http://www.allaire.com

Both are very easy to use and you can be up and running within a day's time. In any case, you need cgi-bin access on your web server.

Hope this helps,
Steven Melick
The Sycamore Group, Inc. Received on Thu Jun 26 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT