Re: alternatives for WebDNA

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = how about lasso? On May 25, 2004, at 5:00 PM, Gary Krockover wrote: > It's going to depend on what your webhost has installed or is willing > to install of course. From what I understand, a PHP/MySQL combo is > probably the most popular way to go. You've experienced the learning > curve, some find it easy, others it gives headaches. > > ColdFusion would certainly handle this, but if your new host doesn't > have the licensing for it, the costs would run up around what he'd pay > for WebDNA I believe, so that may or may not be an option. ColdFusion > is tag based and fairly similar to WebDNA. > > .ASP/.JSP/.NET are all also alternatives that I have no knowledge of > other than it seems slow and complicated. :-) > > I'll throw this one out there, and I haven't had time to play around > with it but have spoken to the developer via a talk-list and off-list > a number of times: NuclearVision > (http://www.slproweb.com/products/nvml.html). It's cheap and the > syntax is pretty straight-forward and it offers ODBC database > connectivity. Also, it will run on various platforms (so he claims). > > GK > > At 03:42 PM 5/25/2004, you wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a number of database tables running with WebDNA to provide >> dynamic page generation inside html. >> I've written a few WebDNA scripts to allow me to: >> add a new record appended to the database >> edit an existing record in the database >> delete an existing record in the database >> search the .db to pull out a set of data to "plug it in" to a >> html template file. >> >> I need to move my client away from WebDNA for reasons passing >> understanding. >> The new servers will not be Macintosh based, and the host will not >> install WebDNA for just my little account. >> >> I've been attempting to duplicate these simple scripts into .php to >> run a MySQL data table, but the whole process >> has been causing me weeks of headaches just trying to get the data >> into a format that MySQL can deal with. >> >> What alternative applications might be available to accomplish the >> same tasks? >> >> Thanks for any insight. >> Steve Braun >> sbraun1@twcny.rr.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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how about lasso? On May 25, 2004, at 5:00 PM, Gary Krockover wrote: > It's going to depend on what your webhost has installed or is willing > to install of course. From what I understand, a PHP/MySQL combo is > probably the most popular way to go. You've experienced the learning > curve, some find it easy, others it gives headaches. > > ColdFusion would certainly handle this, but if your new host doesn't > have the licensing for it, the costs would run up around what he'd pay > for WebDNA I believe, so that may or may not be an option. ColdFusion > is tag based and fairly similar to WebDNA. > > .ASP/.JSP/.NET are all also alternatives that I have no knowledge of > other than it seems slow and complicated. :-) > > I'll throw this one out there, and I haven't had time to play around > with it but have spoken to the developer via a talk-list and off-list > a number of times: NuclearVision > (http://www.slproweb.com/products/nvml.html). It's cheap and the > syntax is pretty straight-forward and it offers ODBC database > connectivity. Also, it will run on various platforms (so he claims). > > GK > > At 03:42 PM 5/25/2004, you wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a number of database tables running with WebDNA to provide >> dynamic page generation inside html. >> I've written a few WebDNA scripts to allow me to: >> add a new record appended to the database >> edit an existing record in the database >> delete an existing record in the database >> search the .db to pull out a set of data to "plug it in" to a >> html template file. >> >> I need to move my client away from WebDNA for reasons passing >> understanding. >> The new servers will not be Macintosh based, and the host will not >> install WebDNA for just my little account. >> >> I've been attempting to duplicate these simple scripts into .php to >> run a MySQL data table, but the whole process >> has been causing me weeks of headaches just trying to get the data >> into a format that MySQL can deal with. >> >> What alternative applications might be available to accomplish the >> same tasks? >> >> Thanks for any insight. >> Steve Braun >> sbraun1@twcny.rr.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Dylan Wood

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