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Creating Web-accessible Databases
The ability to accept, process, store, and serve information submitted through the user's browser is one of the most powerful tools of the Web. This technology is referred to as Web-accessible database technology or dynamic Web serving. It is the basis of such Web functions as online ordering, Web-based surveys, interactive course content, and keyword search queries.
The process requires a database application running as the "back end" for information storage and manipulation and a "front end" user interface consisting of browser-displayed fill-in forms written in html. Input is accepted through the fill-in form on the user's Web browser and it is passed to the database application via a server plug-in or cgi script.
There are many powerful database servers in operation on the Web. Examples of powerful database servers include Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, and FileMaker Pro. The examples used herein are taken from applications based on FileMaker Pro which runs on either WindowsNT/2000 or MacintoshOS platforms.
