Re: Stock programs, databases

[Matt Wimer <matt@cgibuilder.com>]

On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 11:45:48PM -0500, Wil Langford wrote:
> >> Wil, are you familiar with Perl CGI scripts and DB connectivity?  
> >> That should about cover it.  This really will be a simple program
> >> (I think).
> >
> >You might find that PHP/3.0 is a good idea on this one.  It requires
> >that the web server know about it, but database connections and
> >queries are a breeze and the syntax is a lot like perl.  The advantage
> >is that forms and such are a lot easier when your code is embedded in
> >the HTML (on the server side).
> 
> I've been needing to learn something.  I tried Doc Welder without much
> success, and I've coded my own relatively simple Perl scripts, which cut
> out 95% of the time I used to spend making updates, but I haven't found
> the right tool for the job yet.  I appreciate the recommendation of PHP.  
> I'll check it out.

My brother wrote doc welder and had me beta test it for him, 
so if you want, send me the url of your welder documents and
maybe i could give a few pointers.

--matt wimer 

> 
> If anybody has any other suggestions, please let me know at
> <wil@langford.net>.  I'll post a sentence or two in the Development Tools
> section of the software list.
> 
> The software list should be going up RSN.  I recently suffered the
> beginnings of motherboard death and the death of a hard drive on the same
> day.  I'm compiling SSH in the background and should have the list out
> there in the next few days, hardware willing.
> 
> This has been a disorganized status report by Wil.  Any resemblance to
> sanity is purely coincidental.
> 
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