* Harry Rorarius > I thought Mysql was a server that could be used as a online database?
Yes, it is... > If it is, is there some material I have not read that tells me how to do > this? Probably :o) > I understood most of the information I read about Mysql. I was under the > understanding sql is the way to make a online database When you say 'online database' I assume you mean a database accessed through the www, the http protocol part of internet...? There is no http or www functionality in mysql. You must use a programming language or some other tool to link the database with the browser, using the mysql API and usually some CGI library. There are a number of languages to choose between: c, c++, perl, php, python, java, tcl, eiffel, and any language with ODBC support: <URL: http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/l/Clients.html > There are some examples here, using perl: <URL: http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/e/Perl_DBI_Class.html > Note that these examples does not show how you make CGI applications, that is a different question. A CGI application is a program running on the web server, using http and a web browser for user interaction. The application can be an 'online database'. The output of the program is usually html (could be xml), the program code is mainly different variations over the sequence: 1) getting the input parameters, 2) prepare some sql statements, 3) execute the statements, 4) collecting the result, and 5) create the final html and present it to the user. Normally you use a CGI library to maintain the http protocol handling, but for output all you really need is to output "Content-type: text/html" and a blank line before the html. -- Roger --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
