Re: Any opinions on accessing databases via the web?

I'm suspicious (I'm a former Oracle employee) but I think Oracle is really ahead its database competitors (Sybase,Informix), Microsoft too, and as I know is cheaper (Oracle 7.3 come Web-enabled with no additional cost). The concept around OracleServer is entirelly database-centric (PL/SQL procedures or Java code on the server), with on fly generation of pages (the stored procedures access and format the data) Take a look at www.stocksmart.com to see an Oracle WebServer site in action.

Regards,
Pedro

In article <01bb6bac.3be17980$389046c6_at_jerryk.iquest.net>, jerryk_at_iquest.net says...
>
>
>Let me be more specific: can anyone share their thoughts or experiences
>with database
>to web links with the various tools that are out there? I am looking at
>putting together a
>system for an online catalog for a customer and am considering what tools
>and databases
>to use.
>
>Here's what I've decided on so far:
>
> Platform: Windows NT
> Web server: IIS (90% sure of this one)
> Access method: definitely NOT cgi, more than likely dbWeb for ODBC
>
>I'm looking at ODBC-compliant databases such as Oracle, Sybase, and
>SQLServer. I
>am leaning towards SQLServer at this time because Oracle and Sybase love
>to charge
>a mint for their products.
>
>1) Are there specific reasons why I should use Oracle over SQLServer or
>Sybase?
>2) Is the Oracle price _really_ worth it?
>3) Has anyone had any experience with Oracle's Webserver?
>4) Has anyone found a combination of OS/web server/gateway/database that
>they just
> love and would actually use again if given the chance?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jerry Kelley
>jerryk_at_iquest.net
>"Expectations are life's greatest dangers."
Received on Sun Jul 07 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST