Eurocall
' 99
Université
de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
September 15-18, 1999 |
Understanding,
using and creating web-enabled databases
Wednesday, September 15 from 09:30 to 17:00
Room 27, PropŽdeutique, 3rd floor
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Choosing
the appropriate tool
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Initial
Questions
1) What platform
do you want to work with?
2) What web server
do you (or your ISP) have?
3) Is there legacy
data that you want to access?
4) How much data are you planning on including? 5) How many people will access your database ?
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Desktop
Database Options:
| Application |
Platform |
SQL |
ODBC |
Scaling
Options |
Cost |
Demo |
| Access
(Microsoft) |
Win |
Yes |
Yes |
MS-SQL
Server |
$339 |
No |
| FoxPro
(Microsoft) |
Win,
Mac |
Yes |
Yes |
Unix
ODBC drivers |
$549 |
No |
| Filemaker
Pro |
Win,
Mac |
No* |
No* |
FileMaker
server |
$200 |
Yes |
| Excel
(Microsoft) |
Win,
Mac |
No |
Yes |
Convert
to Access |
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| FileMaker
Pro 4.1 can import other databases using SQL queries through
ODBC, but it does not use SQL for query-building or offer
ODBC drivers. |
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Web
Database Application Servers:
| Application |
Platform |
Web
Servers |
Databases |
Cost |
Demo |
| Active
server Pages (Microsoft) |
Win |
IIS,
Personal Web Server |
ODBC |
n/a |
n/a |
| Cold
Fusion (Allaire) |
Win,
Solaris, Linux |
Apache,
IIS, Netscape, O'Reilly |
ODBC |
$1295
-$3495 |
Yes |
| FMPro
Web Companion (FileMaker) |
Win,
Mac |
built-in,
Webstar |
bulit-in |
n/a |
Yes |
| Lasso
(Blueworld) |
Mac,
Win |
Webstar, |
FileMaker |
$649 |
Yes |
| Tango
(Everyware) |
Win,
Mac, Unix |
any |
ODBC,
FileMaker |
Free? |
Yes |
| WebObjects
(Apple) |
Mac,
Win |
any |
ODBC |
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Web
Servers:
| Application |
Platform |
Cost |
| Apache |
Unix,
Win, Mac |
Free |
| IIS (Microsoft) |
Win |
Free
(packaged with Win NT Server) |
| Netscape |
Unix,
Win |
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| WebStar |
Mac |
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Development
Tools:
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References:
Database
Options for the Web
by John Paul Ashenfelter Feb. 26, 1999
http://webreview.com/wr/pub/1999/02/26/webdb/index2.html
Web
Database Application Servers for the Web
by John Paul Ashenfelter Feb. 26, 1999
http://webreview.com/wr/pub/1999/02/26/webdb/index3.html
Complete
Buyer's Guide Web-to-RDBMS Connectivity Software
http://www.networkcomputing.com/ibg/Chart?guide_id=364
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