I personally would use Apache and Tomcat.   Apache is an Open Source web
server.  Tomcat is an Open Source application server that will allow you to
write Java Servlets and/or Java Server Pages (JSP) to process the requests
and access the database via the Java Database Connectivity API (JDBC) using
the driver in the MySQL tarball.  Both products are available at
www.apache.org .  Another Java option is to use one of the Java 2 Enterprise
Edition (J2EE) implementations available.  J2EE is bundling of Sun blessed
Java specifications targeted as a _platform neutral_ general purpose
development suite.  It includes the core Java 2 SDK, JDBC, CORBA, XML, EJB,
JSP, Servlets, and others.  It has everything Apache+Tomcat provides plus a
whole lot more.  I think Sun (www.java.sun.com) has a free one as does
Enhydra (www.enhydra.org).  There are also commercial offerings like
Websphere, Web Logic, and Dynamo.  However, I'm guessing that full blown
J2EE is overkill for what you're doing and I'm not sure how well any of them
work with MySQL since its not SQL92 compliant.  Is it even SQL89 compliant?
You may need to consider a different RDBMS; maybe PostgreSQL
(www.postgresql.org).

Non Java options like PHP have been mentioned by other posters.  I won't
comment, because I have not used PHP for many years.  I can tell you that I
see a lot more job postings for J2EE skills than I do for PHP skills.

Mike Bresnahan

-----Original Message-----
From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On
Behalf Of Raymond Norton
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:04 AM
To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
Subject: [TCLUG] creating databases for the web


I am new to MySQL, so I am not sure what is available. I want to create db's
that can be brought up via a web browser, so I can add information to them
from any PC. What would I need in place to do this?


Raymond Norton



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