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Connecting Access to theWeb – Level I

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* Assessing your Web development skills

* Creating a Web database

* Installing a Web server

* Installing a programming language

* Starting and stopping Windows services

* Making the ODBC connection

Stations Along the Way

Web Database Characteristics

It’s a Web database if you use…

A Web browser

A programming language

and

A Web server

Advantages / DisadvantagesPros Cons

Uses a familiar Web browser interface

Increases development time

Provides online data access

Needs a highly skilled development team

Lowers usage cost Retains standard maintenance requirements

Expands database availability

Increases risk of data corruption

Reduces application adoption time

Essential Skills to Acquire HTML proficiency Programming in a Web-friendly

language• Pearl• PHP• ASP• Java• .NET

Software installation know how Competency with database creation

and maintenance Web server management capability

Gathering the Tools

The Web database hosting as in this chapter requires…

Windows Operating System (Desktop or Server)

PHP (or another programming language)

Internet Information Server (IIS) An Access database

PHP:Hypertext Preprocessor

Offers these advantages…

Simple structure and syntax

A worldwide community of users

Open licensing

Flexibility and scalability

Support for every major database

Cross-platform capability

Setting Up the IISWeb Server

Install IIS with Add/Remove Windows Components

Configure IIS to work with PHP Start Admin and WWW Publishing

services from…• A command prompt

• Windows Computer Management console

Log on and control services

The Command Prompt

The Computer Management Console

An Access Databaseas a Web Database

Does Doesn’tUse Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)

Require Access to be open

Serve many users effectively

Limit user base to maintain performance

Mimic efficient client / server architecture

Stay always connected to all objects

Let browsers do the graphical work

Require splitting the database

Making the ODBCConnection

Start the IIS Admin and WWW Publishing services

Select the Access database driver

Choose the specific database

ODBCMicrosoft Access Setup

Discussion Topics

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a Web database?

• How do I implement a Web database?