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Web Database Processing
Web Database Applications Static Report Publishing
a report is prepared from a database application and exported to HTML
DB Query Publishingan HTML form is used to submit a query and the server responds with query results
Application PublishingSupport transaction logic, provide concurrency control over database changes etc.
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Query Example
Transaction Example
ABC web connection tutorial
http://buscom.mcmaster.ca/users/yuanyuf/Tutorial_asp/homepage.html
For students using facbusad1:http:/facbusad1.mcmaster.ca/users/
ap1/yuanyuf/Tutorial_asp/homepage.html
Three-Tier Architecture
Page 279Figure 11-6 © 2000 Prentice Hall
Functions of Tiers
Page 280Figure 11-7 © 2000 Prentice Hall
Browser Connect to Web servers through
URL Request and display web pages Submit data through forms Perform client site process
Web Server functions Maintaining session states Maintaining Server Side Scripting
Environment Publishing Web pages
Maintaining Session States HTTP is a stateless protocol When database is used for transaction process,
the Web server needs to maintain the identity of the client
http://aserver/anapplication/default.asp ASP creates two objects:
Application object references an application Session object references a client
The properties of application and session objects can be referenced by script in ASP page
Maintaining Server Side Scripting Environment Communication with DB server Data caching Constraint enforcement View construction (XML or other) Security and control Application logic View materialization
Web hosting
Web browser vs. web server Personal web server allows other
people view your web page if your computer is connected to internet with an IP number.
You can copy any web page to your hard disk and view it using web browser without the need of local web server
ODBC Open Database Connectivity DBMS-independent means for
processing relational database data ORACLE SYBASE INFORMIX Microsoft SQL server IBM DB2
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Role of ODBC Standard
Page 340Figure 13-2 © 2000 Prentice Hall
ODBC Terminology Data source: the database, its
associated DBMS, operating system, and network platform
Driver manager: intermediary between the application and DBMS drivers
Driver: processes ODBC requests and submits SQL statements to a data sourcePage 343
ODBC Architecture
Page 343Figure 13-5 © 2000 Prentice Hall
Conformance Levels ODBC conformance level
concerned through driver’s application program interface (API) Core, level 1, level 2
SQL conformance level Minimum SQL Grammar Core SQL Grammar Extended SQL Grammar
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ODBC Data Source Name A data source is a ODBC data structure
that identifies a database and the DBMS that processes it.
File data source: a file shared among database users
System data source: local to a single computer
User data source: only available to the user who created it
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Role of OLE DB
Page 341Figure 13-3 © 2000 Prentice Hall
OLE DB Object Linking and Embedding Database; OLE DB breaks the features and functions
of a DBMS up into objects Provides an object-oriented interface to
data of almost any type and used as an interface to ODBC and non-relational data
With OLE DB, a DBMS vendor can implement portions of their product
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Object Terminology Abstraction: a generalization of something,
e.g. rowset is abstraction of recordset Method: actions that an object can perform,
e.g. Open, MoveFirst, Move Next, Close Property: a characteristic of an object, e.g.
AllowEdit, RecordsetType of a recordset Collection: object that contains a group of
other objects, e.g. a recordset is a collection of field objects
Recordset.Fields.Count is a number of fields of a recordset
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ADO Active Data Objects; an interface that enables
programmers in almost any language (including scripting) to access OLE DB functionality
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Role of ADO
Page 342 Figure 13-4 © 2000 Prentice Hall
ADO Object Model
Page 352Figure 13-14 © 2000 Prentice Hall
ADO Object Model Connection object RecordSet object Fields Collection Errors Collection Command object
Web-to-Database Connection with Active Server Pages (ASP) A scripting environment that you can use
to create and run dynamic, interactive Web server applications
The Web Server find the file and then processes all the ASP code between <% ... %> before handing back the page.
Allows for easy querying and updating of a database from a Web page
http://www.learnasp.com http://www.asp101.com/samples/index.asp
A Simple Example of ASP<html><head> <TITLE>hi.asp</TITLE> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Today is <%=now%> and all is well<br> <%if hour(now())<12 THEN%> Good Morning <%ELSE%> Good Day! <%END IF%> </body></html>
Use ASP to access database Create a data base on the server Create DSN (Data Source Name) using
ODBC (Open Data Base Connectivity) In a HTML form, use action to invoke an
ASP page In ASP page, connect to the database
through DSN, using the values from the form to make a SQL query
Execute SQL and generate a result HTML page
http://www.asp101.com/samples/index.asp
http://www.asp101.com/samples/index.asp
WYSIWYG Web Database Toolhttp://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/pages/Authoring/WebDB/?tag=st.bl.3880.pro_h.bl_WebDB
The shift from code-based approach to tools with graphical interfaces.
All of the top-end WYSIWYG HTML editors have added database connectivity to some degree.
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
a professional HTML editor for designing, coding, and developing websites, web pages, and web applications.
Dreamweaver helps you to build dynamic database-backed web applications using server languages such as ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML), JSP, and PHP.
ASP vs. PHP ASP (Active Sever Pages) is a Microsoft
product, and is usually used in conjunction with the IIS (Internet Information Server) that runs on Microsoft services. Uses Microsoft Visual Basic.
PHP (Hypertext Pre Processor) is a open source program that runs on UNIX and Linux servers. Uses C++ and MySQL (free)