Connecting an Access db to a Web page

[Helen Cotsell]

Hi, All,

I'm at the beginning of this process, and I admire Gary's on-line journal
list - and wish I was as far along as he is.  Mine are still done by editing
the HTML - so I would like to make a journal list database accessible from
my Web site, and easier to update, using an Access form, so that I don't
have to do it myself.

Could anyone advise me of useful titles dealing specifically or mainly with
the ins and outs of exporting an Access database to a Web page?  I have the
two MS Press books (MS Access97 Step-by-Step , ditto Visual Basic), but if
they say anything to the point, I must have missed it...

Helen

-----Original Message-----
From: Roberts, Gary <roberts at king.alfred.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Date: Wednesday, 24 February 1999 2:42
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: web searchable full text journal list


> We have also just completed the task of compiling a
>comprehensive, searchable serials list.  You can see our searchable
>serials list at http://149.84.162.207/scripts/list.html.  Our serials
>list is on an Access database, which resides on Microsoft's Personal Web
>Server.   This list is actually a compilation of our print holdings,
>LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe, Proquest and Infotrac The process of
>constructing this database can be divided into 4 steps.
>
> 1) Serials data from vendors is located, downloaded
>and imported into an Access database.
> 2) Disparate information from multiple vendors is
>organized into a uniform format through a number of complex queries
> 3) The information is assimilated using a Union
>Query.  The resulting list is copied and pasted into a new table, which
>is then used in a parameter query.
> 4) The parameter query is saved as HTX/IDC, and the
>resulting pages are put in a directory on a Microsoft Personal Web
>Server.
>
> This is a relatively complex process and it did take me
>some time to figure it out.  I am estimating that it may take 6-10
>hours/year to maintain.  So far, Collection Management and ILL have used
>the database extensively and we hope our patrons will also be happy with
>the result.  We think the result has been worth our efforts.
>
>
>
> Gary Roberts
> Library Assistant, Herrick Library
> Alfred University
> SILS Buffalo Grad Student
>
>
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Helen Cotsell
hcotsell at vic.telstra.net.au
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