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Thank you for your help. That web site has an overwhelming amount of information (!) but I am less confused now :)<br />
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Pauline
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Thank you for your help. That web site has an overwhelming amount of information (!) but I am less confused now :)

Pauline

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Glad to know that you find the info userful.<br />
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one last piece of advice. i would suggest that while you are going thru the info on the web-site, if you find any piece/section confusing/difficult to understand, just skip it and move on.<br />
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once you have a good understanding of the concept, you can revisit that peice/section and i am sure you will find it a piece of cake!!<br />
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Wish you all the best.<br />
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Rgds
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Glad to know that you find the info userful.

one last piece of advice. i would suggest that while you are going thru the info on the web-site, if you find any piece/section confusing/difficult to understand, just skip it and move on.

once you have a good understanding of the concept, you can revisit that peice/section and i am sure you will find it a piece of cake!!

Wish you all the best.

Rgds

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Can anyone explain to me exactly how CGI scripts are used to integrate databases on the Internet? Where are the CGI scripts stored? How are they invoked. are they embedded in HTML? Is this a good method to choose for integrating your database on the web?
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Can anyone explain to me exactly how CGI scripts are used to integrate databases on the Internet? Where are the CGI scripts stored? How are they invoked. are they embedded in HTML? Is this a good method to choose for integrating your database on the web?

Using CGI to integrate databases on the Web

A scripting language is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted (rather than compiled). Primitives are usually the elementary tasks or API calls, and the language allows them to be combined into more complex programs. Environments that can be automated through scripting include software applications, web pages within a web browser, the shells of operating systems (OS), embedded systems, as well as numerous games. A scripting language can be viewed as a domain-specific language for a particular environment; in the case of scripting an application, this is also known as an extension language.