Web Database Applications

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What's required to develop web database applications?

Web Database Applications

Web applications that rely on databases for their operation, such as online stores or websites that require registration, need three things.

  • First, a web server that has a large quantity of RAM and hard drive space is required, because database applications can take up a lot of space and are memory-intensive.
  • Second, some form of SQL must be installed on the server. SQL is a database software package, and will create databases to store information, and it will enable users to query them.
  • Finally, PHP will need to be implemented in the web pages that users go through to access the web application. The PHP code will take input from the users and translate it into queries which will be run on the SQL server.
Once the queries are complete, the server will then transfer the results back to the web page through use of PHP.

   

Comments

8/13/2008 7:54:57 AM
Sher said:

re: "some form of SQL must be installed on the server. SQL is a database software package..."
SQL is a language. Not a software package. A database software package would be needed. e.g. MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server or Access, Oracle, etc.

re: "Finally, PHP will need to be implemented in the web pages that users go through to access the web application." - wrong. PHP would be a choice, among many others. e.g. ASP, JSP, Java, C#, etc.




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