Hi All,
In the last week the library has been approached by two different departments
across campus that have small databases, one FileMaker Pro and one MS Access,
that they would like to make available online. The interfaces would be nothing
fancy, with a backend that allows for
Drupal is our tool of choice for building CRUD apps. Depending on the
data, you can either do an import, or you can connect directly to the
data in an external database. Filemaker will likely need to be
converted. Modern Access might be able to connect directly through
PDO, although I would avoid
I guess you made the simple thing complicated. If you have LAMP, which is easy
to implement, you would have a decent DBMS, that is MySQL. Then, you probably
need mysqladmin or workbench utilities to manage your server. Everything is
free.
Kelly Zhu
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If these are working databases used by just a handful of people, not
things you're trying to preserve for the long run, then for the
FileMaker one I would consider using FileMaker Pro's built-in instant
web publishing feature. More on this and other options are at:
There are other methods of putting data online, like Google's spreadsheet etc.
I just wanted to point out, the simplicity of putting a small database online
can require a professional skill set. Security permissions need to be set
correctly, and a database is very rarely store on the same
