Creating a Static HTML Document

When you want to make relatively static data available in a Web page, you can export your data in HTML format. The Web page that you create in this way won’t allow users to update the data, and your users will have limited search capabilities. However, you can create automated procedures in your application that make it easy to periodically update the Web page to ensure that it is current.

The simplest way to publish data from your database to a Web page is to export the data as a simple, static HTML file. This type of file presents a snapshot of your data at the time you create the HTML file. To refresh the data on your Web page, you’ll have to repeat the export process each time you want to present fresh data. ...

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