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Web Application question

I am developing a web application that enables users to log on to a page and record their location. Very much like a diary. This data will be shown to all users who view the page. There will be many users on a page.

I have access to a unix server or a pc shared drive. What is the easiest method to use.

I have thought about, Java, ActiveX, Perl. I realise there has to be some type of database used. Has anyone got any suggestions ?

I also need the database to generate a web page on the fly.

Any clues.

Lee

sybe

ASP has "Application-"variables which are identical to all current users of the application. You need Windows NT & IIS to use ASP.

aahzman

I haven't had any experience with ASPs so could not comment on them, but what you are wanting to do could very easily be done with Perl (or C). You could use the built in routines to use Unix databases and query them with SQL, or you could store the information in flat-file databases (just a pure text file).

It shouldn't be too much of a task to program what you are wanting, and it's very easy to produce dynamic pages with Perl (the program would give out the information after readin it from a database, as opposed to the database generating the pages...)

lee_jd

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I've can do c better than perl, how does c work on a server, is it just compiled as norm and executed from the web page with parameters passed to it ?

Also, if it is a flat file, i.e. not a database I will get problems when more than one person tries to alter the file, I'm guessing I'll have to use a database. Do you know of any libraries that will assist me.

Lee

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aahzman

Forgot to include my email... Which is: aahz@writeme.com

lee_jd

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Many thanks,

Could you mail be that cgi prog to : lee@mula.demon.co.uk

Regards,

Lee