im stuck, angry and desperate!!!

[marvinjmd]

i am a beginer about databases over the internet... i work fine with databases in local systems.... its there a program that make databases easy to handle in web sites??? i mean there is the "SWISH" programa that makes flash available to all people.... its there some program that makes the web databases programing just a drag & drop away???

pleez help!!

 

[martiros]

Yes, there are programs...but there is no super easy way if you want to have flexibility.

Tell what do you want to do:
just display tables or also update, delete, search, dynamically create meta tags, css, create XML output & ..?
I'll try to direct you to the correct place.

 

[DaRNCaT]

if you are using PHP and MySQL there is "PHP my admin" which is a very intuative database tool for setting up the databases, but if you are talking about the getting of info from the database to the webpage- then ease of use depends on the language you are using.
there are alot of good tutorials and books available, just choose a language and see what you can find.
good luck Sometimes, when my code just won't behave, I take it outside and make it listen to britney spears music, and when it comes back it's really well behaved. I wonder if it's suffering from post tramatic stress syndrome now..

 

[marvinjmd]

well.. what i want do to at least its simple in... lets say vb or foxpro... i got a form in freamweaver i want the user fill the form and the data in that form go to a table, then the owner of the site can read the content of the table... and off course delete the uneanted records)...
im copmplety new in web databases..

thanks

 

[FredPeters]

Marvin,

You can drag and drop in a sense, but you will need to learn to:

a.create input form pages
b.create recordsets
c.pass values from one form to another
d.create a results page

Your results page will the display the data selected by the recordsets(query in db lingo)passed from the input form page

Although this may sound complicated to a beginner, if you have a database knowledge, you are more than 1/2 way there. Once you can accomplish the above basics, the sky is the limit.

Get a good book and play around alot.

There's LOTS of help out here for the little problems you have.

I'm ABSOLUTELY AMAZED at what I've accomplished with ASP and Dreamweaver over the last year. You will be too.

Good Luck
Have Fun
Fred

 

[marvinjmd]

but... it have to be asp.. php or so... its ther no other softare to programa web databases... i mean anybody knows the name of a software ???

Thanks

 

[martiros]

FredPeters is 100% correct.

You have to know what is going on on the background with your code otherwise you are limited to what wizard can offer you and even with the wizard you have to know how to modify your connection string for deployment or how to use you custom email and upload components and so on..

Other software:

http://apps.aspapp.com/apps/default.asp

http://www.code-generator.com/

http://www.aspwizard.co.uk

http://www.codecharge.com

http://www.compilex.com

Do you need more?..

 

[ChrisHirst]

I thought the same when I first had to get involved with web database systems 'Is there not a simple way to do this'.
The problem is we (naturally) get overly used to 'drag 'n' drop' forms and code building wizards and going back to basics is a bit of a culture shock, but when you actually get to grips with ASP and Access or SQL Databases (any of them) it really is not that difficult. It does look daunting some times when you see a mass of code and you think 'where do I start'. But start with a simple form and database (2 or 3 fields) and jump in (I started to enjoy programming again!)

some basic DB examples at ASP101

http://www.asp101.com/samples/index.asp

Chris.

PS. Don't try this in FrontPage.
Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?