databases

[WindAndWaves]

Hi Gurus

I am wondering what is the cleanest,easy and simplest way to connect a
website to a database (PHP + MySQL???).

I have little experience with the above (only MS Access), but plenty of
experience with HTML.

Can someone point me in the right direction.

Thank you


- Nicolaas

 

[brucie]

In alt.html WindAndWaves said:

I am wondering what is the cleanest,easy and simplest way to connect a
website to a database (PHP + MySQL???).

http://www.sitepoint.com/books/phpmysql1/

 

[Jeffrey Silverman]

I am wondering what is the cleanest,easy and simplest way to connect a
website to a database (PHP + MySQL???).

I have little experience with the above (only MS Access), but plenty of
experience with HTML.

Ultimately, the easiest way is probably to hire someone who knows what
they are doing.

Questions for you:
*Why* do you want to connect a database to a website? Do you have a
real need for this? Or is it just a cool neat thing that you could do or
that you heard you should do or the pointy-haired boss wants just because
he was in a technobabbly marketing meeting and he heard some flashy
technology keywords?

My point here is that, just becasue it *can* be done, doesn't mean it
*should* be done.

 

[Dan Abrey]

Hi Gurus

I am wondering what is the cleanest,easy and simplest way to connect a
website to a database (PHP + MySQL???).

I have little experience with the above (only MS Access), but plenty of
experience with HTML.

Can someone point me in the right direction.

If you are a complete newbie with database interaction then I would suggest
MS Access and Coldfusion.

 

[Travis Newbury]

I am wondering what is the cleanest,easy and simplest way to connect a
website to a database (PHP + MySQL???).

Depends on what you have on your host. The easiest way would include
some server side scripting language as well as some database. The
process with any of these will be almost exactly the same, the only
difference will be syntax.

 

[Nik Coughin]

If you are a complete newbie with database interaction then I would
suggest MS Access and Coldfusion.

Hahaha. Coldfusion is NZ$2,500. PHP and MySQL are pretty damn easy. There
is a metric shitload of resources and tutorials for both on the 'net. Lots
of them are specifically about using the two together.

 

[WindAndWaves]

Ultimately, the easiest way is probably to hire someone who knows what
they are doing.

Questions for you:
*Why* do you want to connect a database to a website? Do you have a
real need for this? Or is it just a cool neat thing that you could do or
that you heard you should do or the pointy-haired boss wants just because
he was in a technobabbly marketing meeting and he heard some flashy
technology keywords?

My point here is that, just becasue it *can* be done, doesn't mean it
*should* be done.

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It is a site with about 500 pages that should be able to be searched - I
will create most pages without a database, but ultimately, it will be by far
the best way of doing it.

 

[Dan Abrey]

Hahaha. Coldfusion is NZ$2,500. PHP and MySQL are pretty damn easy. There
is a metric shitload of resources and tutorials for both on the 'net. Lots
of them are specifically about using the two together.

As a newbie I found Coldfusion the perfect stepping stone from HTML to
dynamic languages.