I want to make an offline website (meaning I won't upload it and I won't use any server technology). But that offline website requires referral to my Access Database. How can I make that? Sorry if my question sounds silly or confusing 'cos I'm still really green on Macromedia Dreamweaver......
2007-10-15 03:46:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
heatherz: it's a school assignment. Besides, I'm just a beginner and I haven't known much on server. I just want to make a portable offline website. Like pages that you've downloaded and you can bring it anywhere and you can open it everytime you please...
2007-10-15 03:53:44 · update #1
HTML is a markup language that is incapable of making decisions or logic of any sort. That includes connecting to a database.
Why Access? That is such a lame rendition of a database it is rediculas.You are much better off using MySQL. The easiest way to allow that to happen is to install XAMPP on your pc it will install MySQL, Apache, PHP, Filezilla as well on your windows system. While apache is a web server you do not have to have it be accessible from the internet but you can have your own intranet there if you have more then one coputer hooked up to the same network.
If you must deal with Access you will also have to deal with ODBC drivers as well.
Either way you will need a programing language like Perl, PHP, Ruby, VB,C# or the like to communicate with the database. You will also need knowledge of SQL as well.
2007-10-15 06:28:13 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, anything that accesses a database will need a server of some sort. Now you can actually make your computer into a server, using software like Apache. But you will need to learn some sort of server-side code, like PHP, Perl or Python - there's no way of doing this just with the HTML that you can do in Dreamweaver.
I think you need to choose something simpler for your project.
2007-10-15 06:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The short answer is that you will need some kind of server to access a database. HTML alone is not capable of making/using a database connection. You need to look into application programming, if you need an offline "website". Try looking into languages like Java and VB, they fairly easy to build applications with.
2007-10-15 03:58:49 · answer #3 · answered by J P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why not just set up a local server on ya computer? EASYPHP1-8 will do the trick;) (php+mysql+apache // phpmyadmin)
its fairly easy to connect to the Access Database through php.. but you could also just fill in all the information needed to your MySQL database;)
2007-10-15 04:08:51 · answer #4 · answered by Mathema-what?! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
confident.... you could installation apache server it quite is a unfastened internet server that might actually help Hypertext Preprocessor and probable database... i'm no longer acquainted with mysql yet with sq. you could create a database on your web site and connect it to an sq. server occasion on your web site... you could then develope your web site regionally and then upload it to you reside internet server.... i exploit IIS and all of it rather is accessible different than for according to danger the Hypertext Preprocessor...
2016-10-09 06:34:54 · answer #5 · answered by stairs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think its possible in html. you'll need to learn PHP, Perl, ASP. I know its alot easier to use MYSQL but you'd need to have ther server installed on your computer.
2007-10-15 04:33:56 · answer #6 · answered by Bob1990 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do you want an offline WEB site?? the idea of websites surely is to have it on the web.
2007-10-15 03:51:20 · answer #7 · answered by HeatherzFeatherz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋