need to create a web based datebase

[ibennetch]

Hello all. I need to create a database, an catalog of tape titles, index number, speaker name, a few keywords, etc. for a nonprofit organization (==cheap!). I need to be able to access it from the internet. I'm not afraid of picking up a book and learning, but I need guidance on what the easiest and best way to do this is. Oh, the database needs to be updated once a week or so, too with new tapes. It need not be a database, as in, it could be a text list for all I care. The idea is having a web based search to find tapes from a certian date or topic. Any help is much appreciated
ibennetch

[opiate]

Use MySQL. Most Web hosts offer this for free and it's open source. It's a very powerful yet easy to understand database platform.

Now, for the coding I would suggest using Micrsoft's Active Server Pages(ASP).

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[antonye]

MySQL is a good choice as it's a free system, so a lot of hosts will carry it.

However, you'll probably find that if they're using MySQL then they'll probably be running a Linux setup and that will mean PHP or Perl.

Don't worry though as these are both pretty good for hooking into a MySQL database - PHP is very similar to ASP but a lot more powerful!

[Eclipse2G]

PHP is powerful and easy to find a host for it. Though I find it the hardest to use. ASP is the easiest, though most people won't host it. www.domaindlx.com (http://www.domaindlx.com) offers free hosting for asp, you can use a simple access database there to do it. They offer 15MB of free space as well