LinuxWorld: Introduction to AOLserver, Part 3 | Linux Today

LinuxWorld: Introduction to AOLserver, Part 3

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 27, 1999

Database-backed programming with AOLserver.

“Now that we have a working knowledge of AOLserver itself and
basic programming skills for using Tcl with it, we launch a more
complicated, database-backed site. Part 3 of our four-part series,
“Introduction to AOLserver,” discusses what you want to look for in
a database, and how to get started with using it once you’ve found
it…”

“How can AOLserver talk to so many database management systems?
Don’t they all have different client libraries? Yes, they do, and
as a result, the core AOLserver doesn’t actually understand how to
talk to any specific database management system in particular. What
it does understand is how to talk to an AOLserver database driver,
which is typically a 500 line C program that bridges the AOLserver
C API and the DBMS vendor’s C library.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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