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No Brainer Database Publishing

We'll look at "instant" solutions for making legacy databases accessible on the Web.

There's a vast number of legacy databases sitting out there just begging to become Web-accessible. There's also a large number of ways to publish them. Unfortunately, most involve either programming or a knowledge of the intricacies of SQL syntax.

This article takes another approach. We'll look at "instant" solutions (read: intuitive, no programming) for making legacy databases accessible on the Web.

AskSAM

1. Import your database (dBase, comma- and tab-separated text, MS Word, RTF files, Eudora mail, and other popular formats) into askSam 3.0 ($149.95) or askSam Professional ($395); an askSam database is created automatically.
   
2. Optionally, format text and numeric fields, using askSam's built-in word processor.
   
3. Design one or more search forms, using simple HTML tags.
   
4. Assign a URL to the database, create an HTML page for packaging it, and put them, along with Web Publisher (a CGI program), on your Web server.

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This article first appeared in the Jan/Feb 1997 print issue of Web Developer.

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