Lesson 8 - Databases
Lesson Outline
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Required Reading
- WWW: Hooking
your Site up to a Database (you do not need to read
Step 2 or Step 3 articles)
- CGI
101: Chapter 18
- WWW: Database
Development
- WWW: PHP vs.
ASP
Additional Resources
Here is a good article about using Perl
DBM packages to implement your database.
For more information on using databases from Perl, check
out the aptly named Databases
from Perl and Setting
up a MySQL-based Website.
If you'd like to learn more about SQL, check out this interactive
tutorial.
You will definitely want to hang on to the bookmark for the
MySQL documentation.
Interested in porting MS Access databases into MySQL or vice
versa? Check out these instructions.
If you are in the position of choosing between different
SQL-style database (such as Access and MySQL) check out this
very cool comparison
wizard. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the comparison
page and notice the differences in numbers of simulateous
users, maximum table columns, etc.
For more comparisons between PHP and ASP, check out these
reviews.
Some good books to look for at the library: Programming
the Perl DBI, MySQL
& mSQL,
PHP Programming. And my favorite, CGI
Programming on the WWW has a nice overview chapter on
database programming.
Next Step
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Complete project 5
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