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Web Database Development Step by Step
As Web sites continue to grow in complexity and in the volume of data they must present, databases increasingly drive their content. ""Web Database Development Fundamentals"" is ideal for the beginning-to-intermediate Web developer, departmental power user, or entrepreneur who wants to step up to a database-driven Web site -- without buying several in-depth guides to the different technologies involved. This book uses the clear Microsoft ""RM"" Step by Step tutorial method to familiarize developers with the technologies for building smart Web sites that present data more easily.
425 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2000
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October 6, 2023
A good formula for starving to death
I guess you can not copyright a title. However, you would think that they would have to have some truth in advertising. I do not think this book is purposely lying. They are just not aware of a true host environment. The person that wrote this book (Jim Buyens) can make fancy toys but has no concept of what a website is or can do.
First of all the company he has chosen to host his site has no concept of languages or environments. Take the challenge and try to telnet to them (eeeeck) no way.
Ask about a shell account they will say, “Shell what?” Try words like Apache or Netscape. The bulk of web functionality is Perl. However, they have two paragraphs devoted to the language and its capabilities. The internet backbone runs on Sun O.S. Ask them what that is. O.K. how about UNIX/Linux? Any commercial operating environment used by telephone companies or Fortune 500’s or just commercial.
One good thing about this book is it helped me to explain to the ISP how to make Perl scripts work on their site.
Bottom line it is best to learn how to build websites before this book misleads you.
I guess you can not copyright a title. However, you would think that they would have to have some truth in advertising. I do not think this book is purposely lying. They are just not aware of a true host environment. The person that wrote this book (Jim Buyens) can make fancy toys but has no concept of what a website is or can do.
First of all the company he has chosen to host his site has no concept of languages or environments. Take the challenge and try to telnet to them (eeeeck) no way.
Ask about a shell account they will say, “Shell what?” Try words like Apache or Netscape. The bulk of web functionality is Perl. However, they have two paragraphs devoted to the language and its capabilities. The internet backbone runs on Sun O.S. Ask them what that is. O.K. how about UNIX/Linux? Any commercial operating environment used by telephone companies or Fortune 500’s or just commercial.
One good thing about this book is it helped me to explain to the ISP how to make Perl scripts work on their site.
Bottom line it is best to learn how to build websites before this book misleads you.
June 7, 2007
Very helpful resource when I was moving to more dynamic web pages.
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