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CSIT: IT1 Web Structure http://aspen.csit.fsu.edu/it1fall00
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Web
Technologies in a Nutshell - Databases
The Web provides a convenient integration environment for "mature" technologies migrating from existing computer
environments.
Object Relational databases are a good example where it
is now straightforward in Microsoft
Access, Oracle, DB2, Informix, Sybase etc. to provide a Web Interface to access and edit database
with Java/JavaScript/Forms based
Interfaces
Object
databases such as Illustra also interfaced
to Web but this is wrong way to thing about
problem
Systems such as Cold Fusion and Dreamweaver provide convenient high level
interfaces to Web-linked databases
Note Web Authoring confusion is another result of
unfortunate browser war lost by
Netscape
Several excellent Java to Database packages becoming
available with the JDBC
standard based on ODBC -- more powerful but lower level than systems like Cold Fusion
CORBA will have good Web and Java Interfaces and in IT2
we will discuss integration of Web CORBA and
database technologies
CORBA views a database as a managed persistent object