Chapter 8. Building Web Sites with Oracle9i

Several ways are available to process HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), the language that Web browsers understand. Figure 8.1 illustrates the typical static Web environment in which all the files are generated ahead of time in an HTML format that contains tags telling the Web browser how to display various items. Each computer hosting a Web server has an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) listener or a Web listener—these are the same. An HTTP or Web listener is assigned to a specific TCP/IP port on the computer and listens for URLs addressed to that particular computer and port.

Figure 8.1. Web browser accessing an HTML file.

This chapter teaches you the following:

  • How does a Web browser access Oracle9i? ...

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