List Problem

To the admin

I seem to be receiving each post up to 5 times each (really strange plus
annoying) and I don't normally, so I think there may be something wrong
with the list perhaps.

Later,
Brett

"That's a pain that will shorely linger, and that's no lie" - Ed Grimley

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]
On Behalf Of michael mckee
Sent: Wednesday, 29 May 2002 8:02 AM
To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
Subject: Re: specific criteria search within html pages

On 5/28/02 2:54 PM, "Denise Davies" <denise(at)amun-ra.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I've a large number of names and addresses over three webpages
> which are currently divided into A-Z, by location and by profession.
> 
> The pages are taking a long time to load now because of the
> amount of content and I'd like to have some sort of search facility
> where users can select through drop-down menus for example, all
> members in Wales, or all members in Wales who are accountants.
> The member details would be kept in one place in a text file,
> database or something like that.
> 
> I've no idea where to start - can anyone help?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Denise Davies
> 
Hi Denise,
It sounds like you need some kind of database for your records. You can
either serve them dynamically or make pages from a desktop db.

Depending on your server you can use many different scripting languages
to
do the work dynamically.  You can choose from PHP, Perl, ASP or Python.
IMO
PHP is easiest if you have an Apache or other *nix server, ASP if you
use a
MS server but they all can work well. There are a number of scripts at
http://hotscripts.com that might serve you both for creating the
database
and installing a search engine. Some require an actual database
serverlike
MySQL or MSSQL to be installed. Others will build build plain text or
XML
databases for you. This is fine for a low volume site. Pricing will vary
from free to very expensive but that isn't necessarily a direct
indication
of quality, more of how much technical support you can expect.

Another way to go is to build the contact db in Access or Filemaker then
use
a program like WebMerge to build a rollodex for you in everyday html. I
like
WebMerge for that kind of thing.
(http://www.fourthworld.com/products/webmerge/webmergefaq.html)

    best, michael

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