Database-Driven Web Sites [Paperback]

Jesse Feiler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1999

Database driven Web sites are the future of the Internet. By connecting to online databases, Web pages become more than just advertisements and information vessels. With online databases, Web sites can be transformed into virtual storefronts, larger amounts of changing information can be shared, and e-commerce becomes simplified. Online databases provide a management nexus of scheduling, messages, inventory, and other information crucial for any organization large or small.
Database Driven Web Sites is for intermediate to advanced Web site developers intrigued by the opportunities behind online databases and interested in installing one onto their Web site. With this book, the reader will learn how to plan, implement, and maintain a database driven Web site where business can be conducted and information easily shared.

Key Features
* Shows readers how to create databases that keep organized records of inventory, range of services, customer files, and other kinds of information crucial to the success of a business
* Shows readers how to build virtual stores by implementing databases that can be accessed throughout the Web site
* Covers key technologies that are essential for making a site practical

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Every IS professional, whether in a small business or large corporation, will find this book a must-have for their database needs.

Database-driven websites are the future of the Internet, making Web sites more than just advertisements and information; on-line databases make the Web useful as a means of conducting business. Feiler compiles an overview of this fast-growing phenomenon that teaches you to rapidly build Web sites for organizations large and small. In this book, database experts will find a detailed introduction to Web technologies and the deployment of databases on the Web, while Webmasters will benefit from a thorough explanation of databases and their technology.

Using real-life examples-from New York's Museum of Modern Art's "Dadabase" to Italy's Nautica Di Cesare, where you can browse a database of maritime equipment for sale-Feiler teaches you how to build similar sites for yourself. You will also find:

• How to minimize your startup and monthly costs.
  
• Thorough descriptions of Website mechanics, such as choosing an Internet and database service provider and integrating several providers into a single site.
  
• Explanations of the four models of using databases on the Web: publishing, data sharing, e-commerce, and totally database-driven sites.
  
• How to build your Web site using popular desktop programs such as Microsoft Access and FileMaker Pro.

About the Author

Jesse Feiler is Software Director of Philmont Software Mill. Co-author of Finding and Fixing Your Year 2000: A Guide for Small Businesses and Organizations with Barbara Butler, and the author of the upcoming FileMaker Pro and the World Wide Web, Jesse has also written Rhapsody Developer's Guide, Cyberdog, and Real World Apple Guide. He has served as a consultant, author, and speaker for many prestigious businesses, including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Prodigy, Kodak, Young & Rubicam, and Apple Computer, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 491 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1st edition (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0122513363
• ISBN-13: 978-0122513367
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,585,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Software developer and author specializing in new technologies, Mac OS X, and FileMaker. Consulting through North Country Consulting focuses on small business and non-profits, helping them use new technologies to manage their operations in retail, production, contact management, and planning.

Active in the non-profit world, treasurer of HB Studio and HB Playwrights Foundation, past-president of Mid-Hudson Library System. Interested in non-profit governance, specializing in trustee training seminars.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars A lightweight general introduction to a complicated topic., August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Database-Driven Web Sites (Paperback)

This book is an introductory overview for the non-professional. Far from living up to its cover copy, the book seems to be aimed at individuals or amateurs who, for example, want to present their collections of antique baseball cards online. It includes whole sections, for example, covering Microsoft Access and FileMaker Pro while coverage of Oracle, DB2, or SQL server is handled by a couple of paragraphs. I seriously doubt if any IS professional will find this book "to be an invaluable step-by-step guide" as claimed on the cover.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I recommend a better book, August 16, 2001

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Lee Cichanowicz "Learning all the time" (Harrisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Database-Driven Web Sites (Paperback)

I read through this book and learned a few things, but it is not an in-depth step-by-step guide. It seems to be aimed at amateurs or IS people who are clueless about database-driven Web sites, which is possible since IT is a wide field.

If you truly want a step-by step guide and you're going to use Microsoft products/technologies, you definitely have to check out 'Web Database Development Step by Step.' This is your step-by-step guide! It is a cookbook with excellent insight. There truly aren't many guide books covering Web DB development, and that MS Press book is a gem.