any easy way to get information in, and out
What better place to keep some of your most valuable assets than in a database.
For many organisations there is a veritable gold mine of information lying around where no one can get at it. Some of this may be information about products, knowledge and expertise, research information, or a host of other possibilities.
alternatively...
You wish to have a system wherby people can supply information, such as: discussion boards, events listings, jobs vacancies, items for sale etc.
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can I have a database on my site?
The short answer we don't know without checking
Database systems are supported by all web server systems, although this does not necessarily mean that all servers have support for them installed or enabled.
This also does not mean all account types on these servers have access to such support.
Different web hosting companies have different practices on services they provide.
You need to check with your hsoting company.
If you do not yet have a site then if necesary we can ensure that any hosting package we recommend has database facilities suitable for your needs.
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put it in a database
There are a number of different database systems that can be used on web servers.
While it is technically possible to to put database files from programs such as MS Access™ and Foxpro™ on most servers and get them to function, these database files and their ODBC connections are not designed to cope with heavy use as can occur in the web environment. Consequently various other database systems are preferred for the web environment.
common database systems used on the internet include:
MySQL | This is one of the most popular database systems for web based applications. It is usually to be found on Unix/Linux systems, although it is available for other operating systems including Windows™, Macintosh™, FreeBSD and others. This is an "Open Source" product which means that is free to use in some situations.
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MS SQL™ | This is Microsoft's native medium to high capacity database system. Due to Microsoft's licensing system this is a relatively expensive product. It is also only available to operate on Microdoft's IIS server products. Consequently this database system is usually only available in conjunction with expensive IIS accounts. and are usually an expensive "extras" to hosting accounts. |
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high capacity database systems:
Due to factors such as the manner in which they are deployed and managed, as well as price in the case of commercial products, these products are almost never found as part of commercial hosting packages.
Should you need the capacity of such systems as these then you will need to have your own server, either sited at your own premises or within a hosting centre. Should you wish us to setup/manage such a system for you then we can arrange co-hosting.
IBM DB2™ | A superlative relational database system, designed for very high capacity data sets. It comes with a sophisticated management system which allows different tables of a database to be managed separately. There are also a suite of data mining and analysis tools. It can easily cope with database tables containing millions of rows, as well as deal with high rates of access. |
Ingress | Some consider this to be the first relational database system that has it's roots within the academic sector. There are actually two different "models" of access available: University Ingres (freely available and may be run on servers subject to various conditions) and OpenIgres which is a commercial product from Computer Associates. This sophisticated tool includes a suite of development and query tools. |
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