Re: [GENERAL] Using Postgres with CGI's

What about running JAVA applets that will run in a browser and
connect to PostgreSQL using JDBC?

Rudy

On 5 Jun 99, at 18:29, John Browning wrote:

> > On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 23:24:12 COT, fabian baena <fabbaena@hotmail.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
>
>
>