WWW/Informix interface - Testers wanted

------------------------------------------------ WDB - A Web interface to SQL Databases ------------------------------------------------ ALPHA TESTERS WANTED FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE WDB/INFORMIX INTERFACE. WDB was originally written as an interface to Sybase but now, thanks to Curtis Wong it also has an interface to Informix. I'd like to get some feedback on how stable it is - how easy it is to install etc. - So if you want to take WDB for a test ride you can find it at http://arch-http.hq.eso.org/bfrasmus/wdb/ The release notes on the new alpha release, including the Informix interface is at http://arch-http.hq.eso.org/bfrasmus/wdb/alpha1.3.html From the announcement ..... ------------------------------------------------ WDB is a software tool-set that tremendously simplifies the integration of SQL databases into the World Wide Web. WDB lets you provide WWW access to the contents of your databases without writing a single line of code ! (unless you realy want to ...) Included with WDB is a Sybase, mSQL and an Informix interface, but is should be relatively easy to port WDB to other SQL databases, provided they have a Perl interface (like Oracle, Ingres ...) All there is needed to use WDB is the WDB script (written in Perl) and a set of high-level form definition files, each describing a different view on the database. WDB automatically creates HTML forms, on-the-fly, to allow the users to query the database, and given the users query constraints it will query the database and present the result to the user. WDB even comes with a utility to automatically extract information about a table from the database and create a working template form definition file. WDB is a cgi-script written in Perl for NCSA's HTTP server. WDB was written for the ESO and ST-ECF science data archive. More information and instructions on how to download and install it is available at "http://arch-http.hq.eso.org/bfrasmus/wdb/wdb.html";. For an example of what a WDB interface to a database looks like try the Hubble Space Telescope Science Exposures form at : http://arch-http.hq.eso.org/cgi-bin/wdb/hst/science/form ------------------------------------------------ - Share and enjoy ! Cheers Bo -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bo Frese Rasmussen E-Mail: bfrasmus@eso.org ESO - EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY Phone : +49 89 320 06 365 Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility Fax : +49 89 320 23 62