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On Tue, 25 Apr 1995, Tom Boyer wrote:

> A couple of weeks ago I asked y'all whether anybody was connecting PC
> databases to the Web. No one seemed to know anything, but I promised a
> couple of folks I'd report back on what I found. A lot of this isn't in
> English -- I've taken off my writer hat and put on my geek hat for a few
> minutes. If you need clarification, let me know.

Suggestion.  There are several SQL Front-ends  and WAIS front-ends under
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/web-index.html
that can be run as HTTPD front-ends on Unix systems.  There are several 
SQL database vendors offering datases with Linux (They sell you the 
database and throw Linux in Free).  If your database gets "Hot", you
can upgrade to Oracle or Sybase (or whatever) on a bigger Unix box.

You can even get the source code so that you can migrate to the bigger 
machine later.  There are binaries for Linux, Dec Alpha, and most of
the other major players.  It works great with Mosaic 2.5  (version 2.0 is
available for Windows now, version 2.6 is available for X Windows.

There are some great new features.  Mosaic 2.6 and httpd_1.4 now offer 
security and authentication features, along with lots of other 
"Commercial-Ready" features.  And you don't even have to pay $25,000.

> http://www.stars.com/tutorial/db/sql.html
> good information on CGI and SQL (I understand the latter, but not the
> former)
The reference above gives pointers to CGI as well.  Good tutorials on 
everything.

From rballard@cnj.digex.net Thu May  4 22:14:50 1995