Re: web database
Date: 1997/07/01
Message-ID: <33B8EA29.333F_at_email.adp.unc.edu>#1/1
I came in on the middle of this conversation so I don't know if the original poster ever mentioned his server platform. If you have an NT server in the mix somewhere you could implement this kind of thing very easily using isapi extensions written with a tool like Delphi. You can even mix and match with relative ease (I have a java applet that simulates a post action from an html form to activate and pass data to an isapi dll written in delphi). As with ASP, you don't have any compatibility problems because you're just returning html to the browser (no concerns about the version of jvm the user is running).
Dan McGarry wrote:
>
> Zainal Abidin Shariff Ghazali <erotomania_at_sunot.net> wrote in article
> <33B286AF.3057_at_sunot.net>...
> > manolis_at_cytanet.com.cy wrote:
> > >
> > > hi,
> > > i am trying to desing a database for a cd shop that will be used on a
> > > webserver so that surfers can browse and search the cd titles
> > > I have adequate knowledge of windows and UNIX programming.
> > >
> > > any one to give ideas where to start from?
> > >
> > > -------------------==== Posted via Deja News
====-----------------------> > will have to spent a great amount of time understanding JDBC (Java
> > > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
> >
> >
> > You have two main options to start with.
> >
> > 1. Writing CGI scripts to access the dbase from the web. This could be
> > done through several scripting languages such as Perl, Java, VB, etc.
> >
> > or
> >
> > 2. For ODBC databases, you could use ASP (Active Server Page) but must
> > be viewed on IE only (no Netscape) or incorporate ActiveX Controls. Or
> > you could Java to get connected to a database from the web (but then you
> > Database Connectivity).
>
> Uh, ASP is a server --not client-- scripting language. You could browse the
> pages output by it with Lynx if you wanted to -- Heck, you can use any old
> browser you want to view its output. I'm currently developing a corporate
> database Web app that will be accessed ONLY by Netscape browsers.
>
> I think what you're referring to is the lack of ActiveX compatibility with
> Netscape browsers. Using ASP *in no way* limits you to ActiveX. What's
> more, it is a quick and dirty way for VB developers to leverage their
> knowledge while moving to the Web.
>
> While Perl is far and away the better string and file handler, and Java the
> Holy Grail, ASP can create some very whiz-bang apps (especially where
> database access is concerned), and should not be discarded so lightly.
>
> --
> Dan McGarry
> OverByte Software
> http://www.cyberus.ca/~dmcgarry/
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Received on Tue Jul 01 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST