Building a dynamic Web/database interface
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Cornell, Julie.
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Wu, C. Thomas
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1996-12
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
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This thesis examines methods for accessing information stored in a relational database from a Web Page. The stateless and connectionless nature of the Web's Hypertext Transport Protocol as well as the open nature of the Internet Protocol pose problems in the areas of database concurrency, security, speed, and performance. We examined the Common Gateway Interface, Server API, Oracle's Web/database architecture, and the Java Database Connectivity interface in terms of performance and flexibility. Oracle's approach was found to be the most robust and best performing approach currently in use, although the Java Database Connectivity interface has not yet been widely implemented. Based on our research and experience implementing a prototype, we conclude that Web/ database technology is currently only appropriate for re
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Computer Science
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xiv, 110 p.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.