[WEB4LIB] RE: Web Form and Access Database

[Ruth Harrison]

I don't know very much about Cold Fusion.  But I've been told that it
may be a bit much for my library.  We're very small and I've been told
that Cold Fusion is usually reserved for an extremely large enterprise,
like an academic library or a corporation.  Is that usually the case?


Ruth Harrison
Texas State Law Library
P O Box 12367
Austin TX 78711-2367
512.463.1724
512.463.1728 Fax
512.463.1722 Circ/Ref
http://www.sll.state.tx.us
ruth.harrison at sll.state.tx.us


-----Original Message-----
From: John Dooley [mailto:dooleyj at memphis.lib.tn.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 1:39 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Web Form and Access Database

We have several Cold Fusion/Access web applications that have been
running quite reliably on our public web site for several years.  

The documentation that comes with Cold Fusion is excellent, and there is
a series of books by Ben Forta that make this environment very
accessible.

By all means, if you want to write code, try some of the "free" coding
environments and become a uber-programmer, but if you would rather just
have to learn a few more html like tags, then Cold Fusion works well.

You can see our apps at:

http://www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us/about/jobapp.cfm
http://www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us/humanities/blist4.cfm
http://www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us/reviews/Adult/wrreview.cfm

Good Luck!

John Dooley
Computer Resources Librarian / Webmaster
Automated Services
Memphis Shelby County Public Library and Information Center.
3030 Poplar Ave.
Memphis TN 38111-3527
ph 901-415-2806
email dooleyj at memphis.lib.tn.us
www www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us