Re: RDBMS, CGI and the Web

Vikas Agnihotri wrote:
>
> I know that this is a oft-repeated question these days but I could not
> find any concrete references and so here goes:
> What is the simplest way to get data out of my Oracle database to
> my Web application? I know that I need to use CGI. I really do not
> want to learn Perl/Oraperl as I think this would be a overkill.
>
> I have Oracle Web Listener/Server installed on my Solaris 2.5 box. I heard
> that if you know HTML and PL/SQL, you can work wonders using Oracle Web Server.

Seems like your almost there.

Start up the Oracle webserver, using WLCTL, make sure you have the oracle demos installed, and have a look at how they work.

For a very basic application, you can write 1 PL/SQL procedure which reads your Oracle DB and then generates a Webpage based on it.

This can then be expanded into the application you need. You need to know PL/SQL for this solution... Received on Thu Sep 26 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST