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PHP is usually used in conjunction with a Mysql database. You mentioned asp, does this mean you are on a Windows server and querying an MS SQL database.
If you are on a Linux server then ASP wouldn't be an option. What server and operating environment are you using.
Mack.
If you're hosted on Windows, then I will simply recommend :
1) Download VISUAL STUDIO 2005 (Web Developper version) . It's Microsoft but that one is ...... free !
2) go on www.asp.net and look at the "DATA TUTORIALS", there's a nice bunch of 45 tutorials by a guy at 4guysfromrolla and the tutorials there are GREAT. That's how I learned how to properly handle dynamic content with a database.
hope it helps .
The network I plan on loading this database on is running on Novell at present, but will be moving to Windows in the near future.
So from what you have said I guess I am best to use PHP. Is there some software I can use to create this?
When I am developing the database and web site does it have to be loaded on the server to test it, or can it be on a local machine?
Thanks again
Karen
Good luck
I have no clue what web servers run on Novell though. Wouldn't be my first choice. Moving to Windows is a smart idea. Some people might flame me for that but hey ... I personally think it's easier to deploy for people with limited technical skills. Don't get me wrong, Apache/Linux are pretty good, but if you aren't a more-than-advanced administrator, it's a receipe for disaster.
Mattli's recommendation on PHP is pretty good though. So I guess it'll be your call. Let me just say that if you intend to go on a linux server, stay away from ASP and the opposite is also true, stay away from PHP on Windows. Better stay a purist as enabling them on the wrong platform is possible, but it adds extra layers of configuration.
hope it helps a bit !
Pat
Web serving is well, web server technology. :-) I received a Novell tech certification back in the day, and don't think there was any serious integration between the networking and web services at the time. That may have changed (or I could be wrong) but for the sake of argument, let's keep the two in their respective cubicles.
Databases are . . . databases. :-) How you interface with them is a function of the web server or networking platform.
The point is you can have a database structure in say, mySQL or more likely MS SQL and both the Novell programs and web programs can interact with it. It's pretty likely the Novell network is already interacting with Windows workstations, so a good transition would probably be to install a IIS or other Windows based web server and construct applications in .asp. This would allow both the web apps and Novell apps interact with the same database.
