Camille Alcasid writes:
> Anyone have a suggestion on a good midware software to translate a MySQL
> database to a webpage using browser forms?
>
> The box will be on a Solaris Unix running Netscape Enterprise.
Your question is a bit vague; are you just worried about a single
page or are you doing an entire database-backed website?
Is it your box alone or are you sharing with others, and if so,
how much (is it an account with an ISP or a shared server in your
department, etc)?
Will the generated page need to be refreshed every time, or will
it be fairly static? Will it be a high-traffic page? Is it fairly
simple or will it need complex preprocessing to generate?
If you're just doing a single page, your best bet is probably
CGI/Perl using Perl's DBI library to talk to MySQL. It's the most
commonly used solution and provides the most control an options.
Depending on how complex your needs are, it would probably take a
skilled CGI/Perl coder about a day to put together what you want (Perl
is usually already installed on Solaris but if it isn't, it might take
a bit more skill and a couple hours if it goes smoothly. If it's
rough, well not all Perl coders have the experience to deal with
installation problems. Still, solaris is well supported and a primary
platform).
PHP is another alternative; though I've never used it I've heard
many good things about it. PHP doesn't provide nearly the degree of
flexibility and complexity that Perl does, but makes doing
markup-style database integration a lot easier, and has stuf ffor
pooling database connections to decrease the system load.
Finally, if you're looking at doing a really complex and robust
site, check out www.zope.org. Again, I haven't used it, but people
whose technical skills I respect speak highly of it. It's a whole web
publishing system written in Python.
Steven J. Owens
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