Re: Questions about WebDB

From: Carl Taswell <taswell_at_toolsmiths.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:21:22 -0700
Message-ID: <=+jdN1hiSJ+4gSRM8HD+SFohSswQ_at_4ax.com>


Is there any interoperability of the web pages? Can you bring up a web page in other webpage design software and go back and forth, ie, with an import/export if necessary of the web pages into and out of WebDB? Or is it one-way only, and you have to work completely in WebDB?

Thanks,
CT

On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:42:30 +0200, "M. Oberly" <mao_at_dde.dk> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have been using WebDB since the v2.0 beta, and now use v2.1.0.9.3. To
>answer your questions:
>
>1) Build sites, yes, but you need to be user "webdb" to do it. You don't get
>the same flexibility in formatting the site that you would get with other tools.
>
>2) Build Forms, yes with the WebDB "Form Building" tool, found at the left
>hand end of the righnmost group in the toolbar that is at the bottom of the
>WebDB initial page..
>
>3) You access existing databases with it. You can create new tables and
>users in that database using WebDB facilities, but you can't drop them with
>WebDB facilities. You can create, edit and drop other types of objects.
>Database management in general is not done with WebDB.
>
>I hope this info helps you.
>
>Regards,
>Mark
>mao_at_dde.dk
>
>
>Mike Vergara wrote:
>
>> I have been asked (ordered?) to assess (sp?) the Oracle WebDB product. I've
>> looked over the install guide, even installed it, and I just don't get it.
>>
>> No flames, please, but what is this tool f?
>>
>> Can I build a web site with it? It looks like it, but not quite. If so,
>> how do I
>> build a WebDB form?
>>
>> Do I manage existing databases with it? Again, there are some database
>> management tools, but not many.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
Received on Tue Sep 14 1999 - 08:21:22 CEST

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