<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>A mSQL and perl Web Server Mini HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>A mSQL and perl Web Server Mini HOWTO</H1> <H2>Oliver Corff, <CODE>corff@zedat.fu-berlin.de</CODE></H2>v0.1, 17 September 1997 <P><HR> <EM>This Mini HOWTO, highly inspired by Michael Schilli's article <I>Gebunkert: Datenbankbedienung mit Perl und CGI</I>, published in the german computer magazine iX 8/1997, describes how to build a SQL client/server database using WWW and HTML for the user interface.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-1.html">About this Document</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Intended Audience</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Conventions used in this text</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-2.html">Introduction</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html">Installation Procedure</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Hardware Requirements</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Software Requirements</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Installing the Operating System</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 The http Server</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.5">3.5 The Browsers</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.6">3.6 Cooperation of Apache and Browsers</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.7">3.7 The Database Engine and its Installation</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.8">3.8 Choice of Interfaces: DBI/mSQL, MsqlPerl, and Lite</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.9">3.9 Going the generic way: DBI and DBD-msql</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.10">3.10 The MsqlPerl Interface</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.11">3.11 perl's CGI library</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.12">3.12 Installation Checklist</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-4.html">Running an Example Database</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Adapting the sample script for MsqlPerl</A> <LI><A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 Adapting the sample script for msql-2</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-5.html">Conclusion and Outlook</A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>