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Subject:Re: Web Publishing from a Database From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 30 Nov 1996 13:05:15 -0800
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:11:48 MST, wburns -at- MICRON -dot- COM wrote:
>So what I'm looking for is examples of sites with content compiled
>on the fly from a database. Does this need to be done using cgis,
>or must some more robust mechanisms be put into place?
>I'm not looking for a production-ready solution but one that can
>help me move closer to that final aim (an SGML publishing system).
I'm not sure how well it fits your SGML goal, but I know of one
excellent option for getting a database on the web: IBM produces an
HTTP server (the non-secure version is free) that has full support to
link directly into a DB2 database (it also has CICS support!). If you
want to give it a look, go to www.ibm.com and use their search engine
to look for "Internet Connection Server".
There are, if I remember correctly, OS/2, AIX, NT, and a couple other
versions available (pretty much everything DB2 supports).
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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