Re: [GENERAL] Using Postgres with CGI's

> On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 23:24:12 COT, fabian baena <fabbaena(at)hotmail(dot)com> said:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to biuld a database that I can use with a browser like netscape
> or something like that.
> I want to know if I can do this, and if I can, where can I get information
> on how to do this.
> Thank you.

In theory, AOLServer has quite good integration with database
programs, including postgres. It offers ready-made options to do the
following things from any browser

Table Maintenance

Create at new table

Customize Table
Extend Table
Drop Table
Search a Table
Enter Data into a Table
Set permissions for a database table
Get Table Schema
Get Data
Execute Arbitrary SQL

(In practice, I must admit that I'm having problems getting it to
work, but hopefully that's another story...)

AOLServer runs on various Unixes and is free from
http://www.aolserver.com. Next version is allegedly open source as
well.

Check out also http://6916.lcs.mit.edu/ which is MIT's course on
data-base driven Web sites and lists a lot of fun stuff you can do
with databases on the Web.

bests