"Databases" in Front Page

[WAW]

End my misery and my search for something that apparently does not exist.
Is it possible to do "database" on the cheap with Front Page by reading and
writing from forms to client side files ala Excel?
Thanks,
Al

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

No.

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[Andrew Murray]

fp databases are based on access, sql and asp pages.

 

[Kerry]

I found a great place to get 'pre-made' Access databases
that work in FrontPage. They are inexpensive (actually
cheap) and they will create custom solutions for you that
you can skin to match your site with FrontPage. If you are
interested in a link to their site, email me. I don't
want to post here in case it is inapproriate or something.

 

[Tom Miller]

Hmmm, if you speak some HTML, you can use a scripting language called PHP to
access the MySql databases. I am not sure if the FP wizards use Sql, which
is what MySql speaks, so I can't offer an opinion on "directly" interfacing
FP to MySql. Sorry (supervisor call to a higher authority).
Tom
ps: 1 book is "Php & MySql for Dummies" (I'm reading it just now).

 

[Kevin Spencer]

You do it the same way you set up an interface with any other OLE
DB-/ODBC-compliant database. It's all in the FrontPage help. It's not
difficult. Basically, a database connection is created using a Connection
String in the global.asa file, which FrontPage has a wizard to do. The ASP
page then uses ADO (ActiveX Data Objects), a technology designed by
Microsoft for universal data access, to connect and interact with the
database. You may want to check out Kathleen's excellent articles and
tutorials on the subject with regards to FrontPage:

http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/

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Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Complex things are made up of
lots of simple things.

 

[WAW]

Again, many thanks,
Al

You do it the same way you set up an interface with any other OLE
DB-/ODBC-compliant database. It's all in the FrontPage help. It's not
difficult. Basically, a database connection is created using a Connection
String in the global.asa file, which FrontPage has a wizard to do. The ASP
page then uses ADO (ActiveX Data Objects), a technology designed by
Microsoft for universal data access, to connect and interact with the
database. You may want to check out Kathleen's excellent articles and
tutorials on the subject with regards to FrontPage:

http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
.Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Complex things are made up of
lots of simple things.