Re: DataBase program for Web site

You can find some info re WWW and Databases at

http://www.dataspace.com.au/resource/html

regards, Rafal

hats_at_servtech.com (Hugo Acosta) wrote:

>This is my first time porting a message, and I am new in this
>Newsgroup.
 

>I need know if there is a pre-designed software program (UNIX based I
>believed) that can act as
>a Database Search engine in a specific Web site, where it could
>manipulate (search and query)
>specific data that is periodically updated and input from an external
>source. In other words, I
>want to put our store items information on the Web (our future site),
>where the Internet Browser
>will be able to search, query, and may be order any of those items.
>The PC Based system we
>have in house will be updated weekly, in order to also update this
>available information.
>Although we feel our store system is pretty advanced (automatic
>Inventory control, price
>changes, scanning transmittal, etc.), we don't want to have these two
>systems (the PC database
>and the Web's) to be constantly changing (like continuos "on-the-fly"
>revisions) this might
>require to have our own server and it will be too expensive.
 

>We think we could just place a program that will serve as a Search
>Engine for our Web-site
>visitors (in our Internet provider's server), and periodically (let's
>say weekly), we could input (or
>replaced) the material of this database, for the new and revised data.
>WE JUST DON'T KNOW
>WHAT DATABASE PROGRAM TO place in our Internet Provider's server. Our
>large Fox-pro
>file will be converted into a compatible format that will work with
>this program I'm looking for
>and then may be we'll Telnet to make the change.
 

>Can anybody from this group give an idea of existing programs for this
>particular Internet
>application..? I'm sure there are popular names or organizations that
>I just don't happen to know
>because of my ignorance in this (UNIX based) field.
 

>I would appreciate a direct answer to my E-mail address
>(hats_at_servtech.com).
 

>Thanks for your help and response.
 

>HUGO ACOSTA
Received on Thu Jan 18 1996 - 00:00:00 CET