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Re: Browser as Front-End

Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 01/10/06 00:34

Noam Nelke (NoamNelke@gmail.com) writes:
> I'm trying to build an app. for my parents' office. They have a small
> office (5 PCs), and they currently work with a very old program that's
> based on DOS. The program doesn't work well under XP, so they still use
> Win 98. They had their network upgraded about a year ago. They had
> Microsoft SBS 2000 installed, it includes SQL Server. I've written a
> few DB's in Access before, and now I'm just learning how to use SQL.
> Before I start work on their app., I have a question:
>
> I know it's possible to create an interface that can be put on their
> network and accessed via a browser. How is this done exactly?

That's a question that does not have much to do with SQL Server. Most
people seem to use ASP or ASP .Net. There is also Cold Fusion out there,
and probably a few more possibilities.

> It would be very beneficial for me, because it would mean that the new
> app. would be platform independent, so that they can upgrade to XP
> easily. It would also save us the cost of licensing front-end software
> (e.g. Access) for each machine.

On the other hand, browser-based interfaces are often painful to use.


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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