[WEB4LIB] Creating local content for web

[Thomas M G Bennett]

Zope is free, runs on Linux, Windows, Solaris, Amiga, and maybe others.  It
contains its own database or you can use a database adapter to connect to
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, ODBC, or Sybase (and maybe some others).  SQL is
limited by the database you choose.  Although based on Python, I think the
newest version supports external Perl scripts(maybe ActivePerl
http://www.activestate.com ) in addition to external Python scripts.

  If you're running on Linux then PostgreSQL and MySQL are free to use.  If
I'm not mistaken, MySQL is not totally free to run on Windows (read the fine
print) and I'm not sure about PostgreSQL on Windows.  I have had success
testing Zope with MySQL on an NT server and then moved to Linux and
PostgreSQL.  Support is great through the Zope and Zope-Dev lists.

Thomas

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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 9:43 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Creating local content for web


I am looking for better ways to create locally produced content for our
website.  Currently we can't mount any database driven functions on our web.
That will change after our computer center people get more training.  I am
looking for a free or cheap database program that can be used to eventually
create such content.  I am finding that Access is too complicated and
requires too much in the way of programming skills.  I am after something
that can be used now to create static pages that we will then move to the
webserver.  Access will create static pages but when a report is exported to
the web each record from the database is made into a separate web page.  I
want the ability to create a single file.  Any suggestions?  The content we
have is lists of resources as well as more substantial projects.
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