Janes
02-20-2007, 06:21 AM
Hey guys, i hope someone can help me.
I have created several Tables and forms and macros and reports in Microsoft access. they all link to the same databse which is constructed by the tables (certain fields related).
Now i need to integrate that with my Intranet, Google isnt really helping and my brain feels like to guy who played Lord of the Rings: Rise of the WitchKing against me this weekend, :-( LOST and TIRED!!! so if anyone can help??
Plz!!
Thank you very much!!
jobeard
02-20-2007, 01:22 PM
Internet access to a DMBS (eg Access) has this data flow:
the browser[1]
has a web page
usually some < form data >
click submit -------> http GET or POST ---> webserver[2]
---> webserver[2] -- runs the requested CGI program
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which accesses the DBMS
reads the query results
formats a HTTP reply
browser[2] <----------------- and writes it to STDOUT
So you need
1) HTML coding for the browser,
2) CGI programming to receive the request (eg PHP,Perl)
3) and an API to connect/query to your Access DBMS
(btw: it needs to be on the webserver, not your pc)
Janes
02-21-2007, 01:57 AM
Ok, but is there a way that i can display a form created in Microsoft Access in my HTML page. that is my main concern at this stage.
Man this is giving me headaches!!
ciao
jobeard
02-21-2007, 02:34 AM
Ok, but is there a way that i can display a form created in Microsoft Access in my HTML page. that is my main concern at this stage.
Not that I know of :(
Access is a GUI front end to SQL Tables, and has NOTHING to do with HTML.
I distain MS products, but firmly believe that you can not get to an Access
table even when running IIS on a MS platform -- MySQL would be the preferred
DBMS.
Your sole choice is ODBC mapping of the Access table(s) running from a CGI program
driven by IIS. The previous data flow is Web Server data flow for
webpage->form->cgi->dbms on ANY platform.
Your Access tables might be usable on a Network Mapped drive, but that's your last hope imo.