Basic HTML version of Foils prepared September 29, 97
Foil 9 4. Evolution of "Database Implementations" on the Web
From Master Set of Foils for 1996 Session of CPS615 NHSE Review Argonne -- September 30 97. byGeoffrey C. Fox, Wojtek Furmanski
PERL CGI scripts accessing files in file system (RIB)
CGI stub accessing Oracle with PL/SQL or directly with oraperl
similar solutions with Sybase etc.
Java Interfaces JDBC 2 or 3 tier (can access free MSQL or "expensive" Oracle)
Natural choice for a new project today
CORBA emerging possibility in the future
Note that one of CORBA services called POS (Persistent Object Service) offers transparent interface to a generic storage medium, be it flat file system,RDBMS or ODBMS.
Fancy new systems like this IBM Component Broker bring also CORBA support to other legacy backends such as mainframes, CICS, TP Monitors etc.