I've only recently started using mysql so i have first-hand newbie
experience so i thought i was a good person to respond. i'm using php to
query the database from my website. there's lots of good tutorials around
for php, and its quite easy to pick up, easy to stick in your html (or
should that be easy to stick your html in the php :) ).
Brendan.
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From: "Colaluca, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:25 AM
Subject: Newbie Question
> Hello there.
>
> I recently got a wild hair to set up an amateur web site that will allow a
> group of friends to log and comment on bottles of wine. Having never done
> web development before, I set out to first research what relational
database
> I would use that would satisfy my need for maintaining three related
tables:
> an objective category of wines (1999 XYZZY Vineyard Cab), a subjective
> category of wines ("It sucked"), and a user listing. I found that MySQL
> fits perfectly (my budget, that is), plus I wanted something to run off of
> my Linux box.
>
> Where to go from here is where I'm stuck now. I am tossed between going
> towards a scripting language like PHP or PERL, and embedding that directly
> in my HTML, or possibly going the Java route. Does XML have the
capability
> of directly querying the database? I'm curious to hear what methodologies
> have worked best for users of MySQL, keeping in mind a tight budget. Is
the
> J2EE architecture worth looking more heavily into, or is that somewhat
> overkill for what I'm trying to achieve?
>
> One thing is certain, I would like to use either Mandrake or Red Hat for
my
> OS, and of course prefer to use Apache as my web server.
>
> Other than that, I am open to suggestions or comments.
>
> bjc-
>
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