Re: web database

I vote for ISAPI. I create dlls that kick butt, and use the Foxpro databases. Here is a play site I just wrote in ISAPI.... Http://www.astoria.com/isapi-bin/vds/ads.dll -- Gordon Hamm Voice Data Systems Inc. Astoria Communications 360-686-8315 Zainal Abidin Shariff Ghazali <erotomania@sunot.net> wrote in article <33B286AF.3057@sunot.net>... > manolis@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 ====----------------------- > > 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 > will have to spent a great amount of time understanding JDBC (Java > Database Connectivity). > > Zainal > Systems Trainee >