Choosing a Database for Your Web Site

By John Paul Ashenfelter

Since different databases are appropriate for different types of sites, Webmasters need a reference tool to determine their criteria for selecting a database option, then comparing, choosing, and connecting the most appropriate database product for their individual Web site. This book aims to be an ideal reference. Products and solutions include: small-volume solutions (Microsoft Access, Internet Publisher, Filemaker Pro, HomePage, and FrontPage); graphical front-end products (Tango, NetDynamics, Microsoft Visual Interdev); server-based interpreted code (Allaire Cold Fusion, Microsoft Active Server Pages, and Netscape Server-Side JavaScript); and programming solutions (Perl, Python, C, C++, Msql, ActiveX, Visual Basic, and Java-based tools).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471296902
• ISBN13: 9780471296904
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Worth it

Good for novices and seasoned geeks alike, the author deals with the potentially tricky subject matter in a clear, thorough and authoritative way. Starting from first principles of database design, SQL etc, the focus soon moves on to detailed reviews of a number of the most popular tools and technologies available.The book also has a companion website which is intended to keep the content up to date - a great idea but regrettably does not deliver on this promise.All in all a worthwhile book and very valuable first resource for anyone needing direction in adding database functionality to their websites. Well worth the time and money.

Great overview for low- and mid-priced web-db tools

This book does an excellent job of comparing and contrasting a number of inexpensive or moderately priced web database tools. It also provides a great overview of web databases and web-db technology.The best part is that the author builds the same two projects in every tool covered in the book (Filemaker, ASP, ColdFusion) to provide a good comparison for how the individual tools work.