9.2. A Simple Example
Consider a small toy store that sells wooden toys. The company decided to go online and set up its site a year ago. Because of its reduced customer base, management had a limited budget to develop the online project. As a result, the site came up with a very simple configuration. The e-commerce server setup consists of a Web server and a DB server that provide both the catalog content and the order forms. The technique used to connect the Web server and the application logic is Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
The following business functions are available at the site of the toy store: Welcome, Search, Browse, Product Information, Shopping Cart, and Checkout. By examining the logs of the site, we found that Search constitutes ...
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