Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Illustrated Complete Integrating a Database with a Web Site

2Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N  Review database concepts  Import a database into a Web site  Create a data access page  Use a data access page Objectives

3Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Objectives  Send form results to a database  Use an Active Server Page  Create a Database Results region  Create a search form in a Web page

4Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Integrating a Database with a Web Site  You can send the form results to one of several places: –A text file –As a Web page –In a database  A page that displays database data must be saved as an Active Server Page with an.asp file extension  An Active Server Page is a dynamic Web page whose content changes as required

5Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Reviewing Database Concepts  A database is a collection of related tables that stores data about an entity  An entity is a person, place, thing, or idea  A table contains fields (also called columns) that describe the characteristics of the entity

6Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Reviewing Database Concepts (cont.)  The fields in the form store data about the entity  The data stored in the fields for one form create a record  The field that contains a value that uniquely identifies each record in the table is called the table’s primary key  You can create an AutoNumber field in the table, which automatically numbers records in sequential order, thereby creating a primary key

7Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Reviewing Database Concepts (cont.)  Lenders database in the Access program window

8Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Importing a Database into a Web Site  There are two ways to import a database into a FrontPage Web site: –Create the database in Access and copy and paste it into the Web site –Create a form in a Web page, then use FrontPage to create a database and a database connection using Access or another supported database program in which to store the form’s data

9Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Importing a Database into a Web Site (cont.)  No matter how you import a database, FrontPage automatically: –Adds the database file to the Web site –Creates the fpdb (for FrontPage database) folder in which to store the database file –Makes a connection to the database  A database connection specifies the name, location, and type of database you want to access from a Web site

10Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Importing a Database into a Web Site (cont.)  Add Database Connection dialog box

11Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Creating a Data Access Page  A data access page is a Web page that shows data from the database object on which the page is based  Users with the appropriate permission can use a data access page to view, add, delete, and sort records  The user must use a database program that supports data access pages, such as Access, to create a data access page object in the database and an HTML page that can be saved in a Web site

12Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Creating a Data Access Page (cont.)  Data access page in Access Page view

13Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Using a Data Access Page  Any changes made in the database are immediately reflected in the Web page  Any changes made to the data using the Web page are immediately reflected in the table

14Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Using a Data Access Page (cont.)  You can use buttons on the record navigation bar to browse, sort, and filter the records in any order  These actions only apply to the data you see in the Web page and do not affect the data as it is stored in the database  You can add, delete, and change records without affecting the data in the database

15Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Using a Data Access Page (cont.)  New record in the data access page

16Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Using a Data Access Page (cont.)  Record navigation bar buttons and their descriptions

17Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Sending Form Results to a Database  You can set a form to store the data it collects in a database table  Before the form can send data to a database, you must identify: –The database connection to use –The name of each form field in the form –Its matching field in the database  The form field names in the form and the filed names in the database do not have to have the same names

18Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Sending Form Results to a Database (cont.)  Form Properties dialog box  Options for Saving Results to Database dialog box

19Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Sending Form Results to a Database (cont.)  Modify Field dialog box

20Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Using an Active Server Page  An Active Server Page is a dynamic Web page that contains scripts to process the page  Active Server Pages contain data that is generated when the page is viewed using a Web browser  When an Active Server Page is used to display database data, the scripts in the page ensure that the data is current

21Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Using an Active Server Page (cont.)  Form Confirmation Page

22Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Creating a Database Results Region  A Database Results region displays data from the database object on which it is based  The Database Results region lets site visitors examine the data contained in a database object, but visitors cannot add, delete, or change the data in a Database Results region  A Database Results region is for viewing purposes only

23Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Creating a Database Results Region (cont.)  Database Results Wizard dialog box

24Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Creating a Database Results Region (cont.)  Database Results region in a Web page

25Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Creating a Search Form in a Web Page  A Database Results region can include a search form that lets the user query the table on which the Database Results region is based  The user can query the database table, but cannot change the table data  When you use the Database Results Wizard to set the criteria for a search form, the search form is automatically added to the Database Results region

26Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Creating a Search Form in a Web Page (cont.)  Add Criteria dialog box

27Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Creating a Search Form in a Web Page (cont.)  Lender List page after executing a search

28Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Summary  Reviewing database concepts  Importing a database into a Web site  Creating a data access page  Using a data access page

29Integrating a Database with a Web SiteUnit N Summary  Sending form results to a database  Using an Active Server Page  Creating a Database Results region  Creating a search form in a Web page