Re: FN-FORUM beginning with databases

date posted 18th April 2001 17:41

databases are pretty easy once you get used to them and waded through the
spoddish bull that the writers of database books so delight in. once you've
got the idea of minimising the amount of repeated information the
design/relationships aspect all falls into place and sql is a pretty simple
language to work out.

access is a good starter database while asp is a good starting language due
its simplicity, extensibility and power (albeit with security holes a
chinese plane could fly through without hitting an american one). if you
know your html you might want to look at coldfusion which is a doddle to
learn and follows a similar structure to html. i wouldnt touch oracle just
yet - although once youve got the hang of access try sql server, its good
but not as good as microsoft seems to think it is.

as for resources try www.webmonkey.com and www.4guysfromrolla.com both of
these are excellent resources for asp/database, plus this forum is also a
great resource whatever language you take up.

hth

dave ecky

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Raistrick" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 4:53 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM beginning with databases


> Hi
>
> I want to get going with databases but don't really know where to start,
and
> wondered if anyone could help me. My main intended use is building a
> database driven web site.
>
> I have a book on SQL, and am learning it, although it's all abstract as I
> have nothing to use it with. I was thinking of going the Microsoft route,
> but what would I use to actually build the database? SQL server? I'm
afraid
> this is the bit I don't quite understand. I've been told MS Access is not
> very scaleable and Oracle is very hard to set up.
>
> I'm ready and poised to go buy another book to get this SQL stuff into
> context, and cant wait to get something going so I can play with this
stuff
> (which is of course a great way to learn too). Eventually I want to get my
> head round ASP as well.
>
> If anyone can help get my muddled concepts into some kind of order, and
> perhaps point me in a good direction for technologies to use, advice would
> be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Simon Raistrick
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