Re: Oracle Websystem

In <4i67dp$duf_at_cs3.brookes.ac.uk> p0070621_at_brookes.ac.uk (Tommy Wareing) writes:

>In article <enduser-0903962316160001_at_dial-sc1-10.iway.aimnet.com>, EndUser
>says...
>>
>>you cannot compare commerce server and oracle webserver.
>>you can compare oracle webserver and hand written cgi to oracle.
>>or you can compare commerce server and the like product from microsoft.
>>you need to hire a consultant that can help you, your headed toward trouble
>>not understanding the difference.

>Could you do us the favour of briefly explaining why one cannot compare
>netscape's server to the Oracle server.

Netscape's servers are designed to serve mainly static documents, though they do offer some dynamic functionality via CGI.

Oracle's web servers are designed specifically to parse PL/SQL procedures. In addition to standard PL/SQL functions, the procedures contain "htp" statements which are translated by the Oracle server into HTML. One could think of the the Oracle server as a dedicated special-purpose CGI server, though the way it works is somewhat different (and more efficient) than CGI.

I haven't used Oracle's product, but this is how I believe it works. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Michael MacDonald

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