Basic HTML version of Foils prepared April 15 1997

Foil 35 Web-Enabled Applications -II

From Examples of JDBC -- Microsoft Access CPS616 -- Information Track of CPS -- Spring Semester 97. by Sangeeta Aggarwal,Tom Pulikal,Udayan Pravate(Nancy McCracken) *

1 Data can be published in 3 formats:
  • Static HTML - Wizard output is HTML files. Supported by all browsers; simple, standard.
  • Dynamic Internet Database Connector (IDC) pages - Output is IDC and HTX (HTML extension) files. Supported by all browsers. Requires the MS Internet Information Server 3.0 (IIS) with an ODBC connection to the database, data is dynamic but read-only.
  • Dynamic Active Server Pages (ASP)- Output is ASP files. Requires Internet Explorer 3.0 browser with HTML ActiveX Layout control, IIS 3.0; data is dynamic and editable (forms only). ActiveX Server is a component of the IIS. The Access form-like pages can browse, update, insert and delete records. The ASP files are a combination of HTML and the VBScript language. VBScript is a special version of VBA adapted for Web use. The ASP files contain HTML tags interspersed with queries as SQL statements, template directives and VBScript code containing references to ActiveX Server Controls.

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