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Creating a Database! // General DiscussionsyntaxSep 13, 2002, 7:15pm
Hello! I was wondering if any of you techies out there could point me in
the right direction concerning a web database. What I would like to do is have an editable database where 8 different people can login to an area and add something in. In this case I want to keep a database of residents for people to view and only a few to edit. I have webspace and a server with all the goodies needed to do something like this, so that's not a problem. If you know a way I could possibly do something like this, please reply! If I'm not being clear, just tell me :-P -- - Syntax - http://www.swcity.net http://forum.swcity.net goober kingSep 13, 2002, 7:41pm
Well, it depends what kind of "goodies" you have on the server. If you
have Perl on there, the simplest way would be to use a flat-file, tab-delimited database (basically, a text file where all the information is separated by tabs and line breaks). If you have PHP, then you can use a mySQL database. If you have something higher-end, like ASP or ColdFusion, you can simply use an Access database and upload it onto your webspace. Clear? :P [View Quote] -- Goober King Go ColdFusion! :D robrod at prism.net kahSep 14, 2002, 1:33pm
"goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in
news:3D825620.6050109 at utn.cjb.net: > Well, it depends what kind of "goodies" you have on the server. If you > have Perl on there, the simplest way would be to use a flat-file, > tab-delimited database (basically, a text file where all the > information is separated by tabs and line breaks). If you have PHP, > then you can use a mySQL database. If you have something higher-end, > like ASP or ColdFusion, you can simply use an Access database and > upload it onto your webspace. Clear? :P Flat-file: slow Access MDB: slow *SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, whatever): quick, optimised other server-driven DB stuff: quick, optimised (generally). You can access MySQL through Perl I believe, but you'll probably need some extra stuff for it. In ASP I suppose you'd have to use ODBC to access SQL servers. I highly recommend using MySQL and PHP, they're a powerfull combination. KAH syntaxSep 14, 2002, 8:03pm
I'll be using MySQL... ;-)
Thanks guys. -- - Syntax - http://www.swcity.net http://forum.swcity.net [View Quote] baronSep 14, 2002, 8:15pm
A couple of links you might find useful for your DB administration:
http://www.anse.de/mysqlfront/ http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net/ -Baron [View Quote] baronSep 14, 2002, 8:32pm
Duh...just checked the MySQL Front link and the project is discontinued; I downloaded the latest version (2.4) just last week, email me if you want it even though phpMyAdmin is more than adequate .
-Baron [View Quote] |
