Forms / Dynamic Documents
- The Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
allows Web sites to develop Forms to
communicate with databases, spreadsheets, and e-mail
- The
most frequently use the programming languages
Perl and
C
Dynamic Documents:
Rather then creating
individual web pages, Dynamic Documents are created in a database text file that
contains all of the URL information. A single front-end web form connects to a
back-end CGI search routine. This way Web pages never really exist. When someone
makes a request the script assembles the pages on-the-fly.
Tools
- net.Genesis' net.Form
eliminates CGI scripting from Form development.
- WebForms creates Form
output which is sent via e-mail.
- Illustra provides a product which
helps manage dynamic content.
-
WebServer which can be fully integrated with the Oracle7
database. Rather than having to write CGI programs or PERL scripts, Oracle WebServer
delivers dynamic HTML pages
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