1. Access The L Line The Express Line to Learning 2007 © Wiley Publishing. 2007. All Rights Reserved. L Line

2. Connecting Access to the Web – Level I 18 * Assessing your Web development skills * Creating a Web database * Installing a Web server * Installing a programming language * Starting and stopping Windows services * Making the ODBC connection Stations Along the Way

3. Web Database Characteristics It’s a Web database if you use…  A Web browser  A programming language and  A Web server

4. Advantages / Disadvantages ProsCons Uses a familiar Web browser interface Increases development time Provides online data access Needs a highly skilled development team Lowers usage costRetains standard maintenance requirements Expands database availability Increases risk of data corruption Reduces application adoption time

5. Essential Skills to Acquire  HTML proficiency  Programming in a Web-friendly language Pearl PHP ASP Java.NET  Software installation know how  Competency with database creation and maintenance  Web server management capability

6. Gathering the Tools The Web database hosting as in this chapter requires…  Windows Operating System (Desktop or Server)  PHP (or another programming language)  Internet Information Server (IIS)  An Access database

7. PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor Offers these advantages…  Simple structure and syntax  A worldwide community of users  Open licensing  Flexibility and scalability  Support for every major database  Cross-platform capability

8. Setting Up the IIS Web Server  Install IIS with Add/Remove Windows Components  Configure IIS to work with PHP  Start Admin and WWW Publishing services from… A command prompt Windows Computer Management console  Log on and control services

9. The Command Prompt

10. The Computer Management Console

11. An Access Database as a Web Database DoesDoesn’t Use Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Require Access to be open Serve many users effectively Limit user base to maintain performance Mimic efficient client / server architecture Stay always connected to all objects Let browsers do the graphical work Require splitting the database

12. Making the ODBC Connection  Start the IIS Admin and WWW Publishing services  Select the Access database driver  Choose the specific database

13. ODBC Microsoft Access Setup

14. Discussion Topics What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a Web database? How do I implement a Web database?