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What
do eBay, Amazon.com and CNN.com
have in common? They're all applications
that integrate large databases
with the Web. The popularity (and
power) of these applications stems
from their accessibility and usability:
thousands of users can access
the same data at the same time
without the need to install any
additional software on their computers.
The contents of these websites
are entirely driven through various
small database applications designed
and developed and then finally
merged into one main Database
Application.
Database driven website implies
that you have a web page that
grabs information from a database
(the web page is connected to
the database by programming.)
and inserts that information into
the web page each time it is loaded.
If the information stored in the
database changes, the web page
connected to the database will
also change accordingly and automatically
without human intervention.
Database driven sites can be built
using several competing technologies,
each with it’s own advantages.
Some of those technologies/tools
that NBTECH/NBT uses are -
PHP
SOLUTIONS
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PHP
stands for PHP: Hypertext
Preprocessor. PHP is an
HTML-embedded scripting
language. PHP is an advanced
website program that runs
on our servers here at
Thelix. PHP lets you create
dynamic web pages that
can display a variety
of data, depending on
what the viewer choses
to click on. PHP web pages
often work in conjunction
with a database of information
they draw from. |
ASP
SOLUTIONS
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Active
server pages is Microsoft’s
PHP like scripting engine
for dynamic pages. A server-side
scripting language in
which commands are embedded
with regular HTML to provide
dynamic content. ASP is
generally found on an
Windows server. It is
a different from PHP in
many ways but it is also
very similar in that they
have to same purpose of
providing a means to creating
dynamic web pages. |
MS
SQL SOLUTIONS
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Organizations
today are facing several
unique data challenges:
the proliferation of
data and systems across
their enterprise; the
need to provide employees,
customers, and partners
with consistent access
to that data; the desire
to better equip information
workers with meaningful
information to drive
informed decisions;
and the mandate to control
costs without sacrificing
application availability,
security, or reliability.
MS SQL Server is designed
to help enterprises
address these challenges.
SQL Server is Microsoft’s
next-generation data
management and analysis
software that will deliver
increased scalability,
availability, and security
to enterprise data and
analytical applications
while making them easier
to create, deploy, and
manage.
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MYSQL
SOLUTIONS
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Pronounced
Òmy ess cue elÓ
(each letter separately)
and not "my SEE kwill."
MySQL is an open source
RDBMS that relies on SQL
for processing the data
in the database. MySQL
provides APIs for the
languages C, C++, Eiffel,
Java, Perl, PHP and Python.
In addition, OLE DB and
ODBC providers exist for
MySQL data connection
in the Microsoft environment.
A MySQL .NET Native Provider
is also available, which
allows native MySQL to
.NET access without the
need for OLE DB. MySQL
is most commonly used
for Web applications and
for embedded applications
and has become a popular
alternative to proprietary
database systems because
of its speed and reliability.
MySQL can run on UNIX,
Windows and Mac OS. |
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