Re: Database on the Web questions

Alan Z. Scharf (ascharf@grapevines.com) wrote: : hats@servtech.com (Hugo Acosta) wrote: : >This is my first time porting a message, and I am new in this : >Newsgroup. : >I need know if there is a pre-designed software program (UNIX based I : >believed) that can act as : >a Database Search engine in a specific Web site, where it could : >manipulate (search and query) : >specific data that is periodically updated and input from an external : >source. : >.... : >Can anybody from this group give an idea of existing programs for this : >particular Internet : >application..? I'm sure there are popular names or organizations that : >I just don't happen to know : >because of my ignorance in this (UNIX based) field. : This is a rapidly growing field with new products coming to market : frequently. : Database queries, insertions, edits, and deletes can be made live to a : table in your database via Common Gateway Interface CGI scripts. : These scripts are the basis of the new software packages. : They basically construct HTML versions of forms for the web client to : input data, and then construct HTML forms on the fly with output data, : e.g. the record(s) resulting from a query. : Two major products in this area are dbWeb and Cold Fusion. I don't : know about whether they work with UNIX. : See the Dec' 95 issue of DBMS magazine at www.dbmsmag.com for : additional information. : Then it's a process of checking out products to see if they do what : you want. That's what I'm doing now. If the application is running on an Informix Engine, there is a package provided by Informix, at no cost for CGI. They are simply some 4gl, or ESQL-C examples and code. They can be found at http://www.informix.com -- ============================================================================ David Schnardthorst, Systems/Network Eng. * Phone: (314)838-6839 Stryder Communications, Inc. * Fax: (314)838-8527 869 St. Francois * E-Mail: ds3721@strydr.com