On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Steven Headley wrote:
> I have a question related to image mapping backend database information
> I hope someone can help me with. I have a customer who wants to
> graphically display his sales force within a certain area of the city
> over the web. Therefore if he wanted to see the concentration of his
> sales force in the city he would click on the button and all salesmen
> within the city limits would show up, maybe with little flags denoting
> the sales people. Queries could be performed so that only sales people
> with certain skill set would show up. Clicking on the flag would yield
> the name and address of the sales person. I would like to know how
> something like this could be accomplished using the linux operating
> system and mysql, since that is my operating system and database of
> choice. Price is an issue but will not be the deal breaker. I would like
> to keep cost down, but I also want to put out a competitive product.
If you haven't already, you might have a look at PHP. It's a server-side
scripting module that can either run as a CGI, or as a compiled-in module
for several httpd's, including Apache. Includes support for connections
to MySQL databases, as well as the ability to generate GIF images on the
fly. And the price is right (free!).
http://www.php.net/
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