Technology to use Access databases?

[alokwww]

Hi,

I know there is a way to create a database, and have a webpage access information from the database to display that information.

I want to use this technology to create a online portfolio, so I want to have a database that has spots for date, director, venue, description, and a image source, and then have the web page display all of this data, so when I update the web-page, I can just open my database and add information to the columns.

What technology is this? Are there any tutorials?

Thanks,
-Alok

 

[Wullie]

There is no specific technology that is used to connect to access, you would use whatever server-side language you wanted. (PHP, ASP, Coldfusion etc) In most languages, you would create an ODBC DSN connection that links the scripting language to the database.

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[damber]

And the old favourite for some examples in doing it without nasty, inefficient ODBC:

http://www.connectionstrings.com/

Most common server side scripting support forums:
ASP Forum: forum333
PHP Forum: forum434

If you have no idea about these you might find ASP.NET using the Free Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition IDE (

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/download/)

the easiest way to go, as it will do most of the coding legwork for you if you use it in WYSIWYG mode (if you're a programmer this wont be for you..) - however if this is not a new site you may find it difficult to integrate with existing pages/includes/functionality etc.

You need to check with your hosting provider what is supported on the server, as this will likely dictate your choice.




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[AtomicChip]

Instead of looking to write something on your own (sorry, but it doesn't sound like you have a lot of experience with it )...

Have you looked at "out of the box" solutions? I googled "online portfolio" and one of the first results was this:

http://www.bigblackbag.com/default.asp?kp=google&gclid=CKOylcq9wIYCFRJSWAodSw_nWQ

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[dkdude]

Sound like you're looking for what's called a CMS (Content Management System). Have a look in the CMS forum:

forum1246

Provided that your host has MySQL and PHP -have a look at another out of the box" solution here:

http://www.mamboserver.com/

Haven't been doing a lot with it myself, but it a quick way to get started.

Regards