Updating a Data Viewer

Many people interact with database applications on the Internet, but only to gather information. A potential customer might want to look at the stock you have to sell or a partner might want to learn the status of a project. Some people will just want to browse any free information your company can provide. No matter what the reason, there are lots more data viewer applications than full-fledged database management applications out there today. While you may eventually upgrade the database management application used by employees, it’s almost certain that your first step will be to create a data viewer.

Figure 5.10 shows the design diagram for a SQL Server database that I created. It’s a simple multitable example and we’ll ...

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