Re: Web pages from a database

Hi Doug

What the RFP specifies is static pages generated by a simple procedure from
the database, when it has been updated. Updates are not very frequent. The
site has to sit on the servers of a county council, and the museum service
doesn't have rights to change or access very much. Their IT department seem
to be "B Ark" material, if you are familiar with the Hitchhikers Guide to
the Galaxy. I am sure it could be
arranged - but remembering that any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is
indestinguishable from treacle, not in time for this project to be done in
2002 - or 2003 quite likely.

Andrew Armstrong

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Dossett" <hwg(at)miscsites.com>
To: "Andrew Armstrong" <andrew(at)wisca.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: Web pages from a database


> Hello,
>
> What kind of web server is this running on?  If you can use asp, then you
can just
> have the web pages pull the data out of the access database directly on
the fly.  Then
> when the access database is updated, the information on the web page will
be
> automatically updated as well without any additional intervention.
>
> If you need further info on doing this, let me know.
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug Dossett
> MiscSites.com
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>
> On 24 Jan 2002 at 11:54, Andrew Armstrong wrote:
>
> > I have been asked to tender for a job where some pages are to be
generated
> > from information held in an Access database. I don't have any choice
about
> > the database - it will simply hold information about museums - opening
> > times, address, contact details and so on.
> >
> > The plan is that every time that the database is updated, someone can
carry
> > out a siomple procedure to generate new copies of the information pages
for
> > the specific museums.
> >
> > Has anyone any ideas? I have limited database experience, and am just
> > starting to learn Visual Basic. My guess is that I need to make a
template,
> > then to write a Visual Basic program to query the database and place
> > information in the template at the appropriate point.  In order to do
this I
> > would clearly have to learn some more stuff, so if it isn't the best
> > approach I don't want to waste too much time.
> >
> > If I do need to learn more about databases and Visual Basic, I would
> > appreciate any pointers as to what to concentrate on first so I don't
spend
> > a long time floundering around.
> >
> > Andy
> >
>
>
>
>

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