Kevin -
Hitting a database through JavaScript is, in fact *entirely* possible,
thanks to Windows Script Host. Check out www.microsoft.com/scripting for
more details.
Basically, you use javascript or VBScript to make a call to the windows
script host resident on most windows clients (NT4 and win2k for sure, I
think also 98 and ME or more). The client machine, running your web page,
uses the browser to connect to the script host on your machine (wscript.exe
and/or cscript.exe in your win32\system dir) which can run perl scripts, vb
scripts, etc, etc.
Now you just have to find some knowledge to write a script that connects to
a webpage somewhere (which shouldn't be too hard). Then your web page can do
whatever processing it needs to do, including hitting a client DB. Check out
adminscripts.net for examples and free downloads of pre-made scripts.
Alternatively, you can use a hidden frame to hit a web page that does client
db manipulation. A button click or something on your main page can submit a
form on your hidden frame that posts to the web page. Definitely less cool,
but easier.
What's the specifics of the problem you're trying to solve such that you
need JS to talk to the client db?
NAT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Bridges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 7:21 AM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: Javascript Client Variables
>
>
> Yeah ... I would love to get the variables into the db though. What about
> some type of server side javascript? Is that something that is Netscapes
> Enterprise Server specific or does something similar work on
> apache or IIS?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Huyck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 8:26 AM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: Re: Javascript Client Variables
>
>
> You can write the client vars to JavaScript pretty easily using WDDX, I
> think... But JavaScript does not inherently have access to
> anything on the
> server; you have to write it to the client first.
>
> David Huyck
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> | Does anyone know if it is possible to get javascript to
> read/write to the
> | client variable database? Is this something that is even possible?
> |
> | Thanks,
> |
> | Kevin Bridges
>
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