Web access to Access (now to dBase)

[Jim Kruse]

Not that I want to promote Microsoft, they do enough on 
their own, but they have developed a very good environment 
for Web access to Access through using Microsoft NT server, 
and the Microsoft Web server.  They have development tools 
for building web query pages/forms.

Check out;

     http://www.microsoft.com/msaccess/

 
On 1 Jul 1996 emiller at smtpgwy.isinet.com wrote:

>      We 
are in the process of developing searchable journal lists 
of the
>      journals used in our products, including Current Contents and the
>      Science Citation Index.  We are utilizing a Web-based search engine
>      (Verity) which is now a part of the Netscape Commerce Server software.
> 
>      Since I am not the programmer, I can't give you all of the details. I
>      do know that we are populating a database with our data (it lives on a
>      mainframe now) and that database will be searchable using the Verity
>      engine.
> 
>      I can also tell you that there are other search engine resources
>      available and information about them can typically be found through
>      Yahoo under Computers & Internet:Internet:World Wide Web: Databases
>      and Searching.  There is a lot of information out there. I only wish I
>      could tell you more.
> 
>      Sincerely,
> 
>      Elisa Miller                            "Whatever you can do or
>      Institute for Scientific Information    dream you can, begin it.
>      3501 Market Street                      Boldness has genius, power
>      Philadelphia, Pa 19104                  and magic in it."
>      (215)386-0100 x 1395                                   Goethe
>      emiller at isinet.com
>      URL - http://www.isinet.com
> 
> 
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: Web access to Access (now to dBase)
> Author:  LUCKDL at APSU01.APSU.EDU at INTERNET
> Date:    7/1/96 4:44 PM
> 
> 
> On a similar note, our journals list is in dBase.  Anyone know of a good
> way to search and display this information through the web?
> 
> DeAnne Luck
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Austin Peay State University
> LuckDL at apsu01.apsu.edu
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: IN%"lHassett at dwebb.llu.edu"  1-JUL-1996 15:06:45.31
> To: IN%"web4lib at library.berkeley.edu"  "Multiple recipients of list"
> CC:
> Subj: Web access to Access Database
> 
>      Has anyone out there created a database in Microsoft Access and
>      successfully made it searchable from their webpage?
> 
> 
>      The database was made in Access version 2.0 for Windows 3.1.  It is
>      set up as a runtime version, meaning it doesn't need the main Access
>      2.0 application to run.
> 
>      The database is of our journal title holdings (we currently don't have
>      any other automated system for this) and is set up to do searches on
>      title, keyword, and subject fields.
> 
> 
>      I have looked around some for solutions (script libraries, Microsoft's
>      Web page on Access).  Exactly how to make this connection work is
>      still not clear to me.
> 
> 
>      Anybody ever done this?  Or, any tips on what online or print sources
>      I could go to for specific answers?
> 
> 
> 
>      Your help and ideas are much appreciated.
> 
>      Thanks.
> 
>      Leslie Hassett, Librarian
>      Loma Linda University
> 
> 

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Jim Kruse
isjrk at emory.edu