Chapter 24. How Websites Work with Databases
One of the most useful applications of the Web is its capability to link a website with a database so web surfers can search for information. In essence, the web page becomes the front-end for database applications, enabling you to select search criteria and execute even complex searches of a database that resides on the host computer.
A well-known and widely used example of this type of linking between website and databases is the popular Yahoo! website (www.yahoo.com). The Yahoo! site serves as a front-end to an extensive database of website descriptions, which can be searched according to ...
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