new to databases - where to go?

[northernbloke]

Hi,

I play arround with lots of things (?). I am now faced with creating a utility for our intranet...

Armed with only Perl / CGI I am required to build a database for PC hardware/software issues.

in brief.

when a PC problem arises I need to add it, and the solution, to the database.
I am also supposed to make it searchable ??
(Erm, and user friendly)

So far with Perl I have only scratched at its surface. Are there any good example sites / references guides etc for this type of thing.

Please help to dig me out of this hole I have landed in !!

cheers.

 

[stakadush]

try these websites:

http://www.webmasterbase.com/

http://www.mysql.com/

http://search.cpan.org/Catalog/Database_Interfaces/

hope this helps (-:

 

[hmerrill]

Have a look at the FAQ in this forum having to do with using Perl to access your database - it has link(s?) to info to get you started.
Hardy Merrill
Mission Critical Linux, Inc.

http://www.missioncriticallinux.com

 

[Leland123]

Hi

Two free tools to build MySQL databases or perform administration on MySQL datebases are:

phpMyAdmin - Written in PHP
MySQLMan - Written in Perl

These two tools use a internet/intranet brower interface for the client. They both will run under Window, Unix or Linux. They can be downloaded freely from the internet. I recomment either of these tools highly. You must have perl or PHP install on the server depending on which tool you select. You also need a web server like apache or Micrsoft Information services to run the php or perl scripts.

Leland123