database technology recommendation

[katja2885]

I'd like to create searchable databases via the web, some small (relatively
static 75-record membership directory) and some large (28,000 indexed articles
of a newspaper, adding 20 per week), and would like a recommendation on which
technology I should learn to do this. I use Dreamweaver to create websites,
and I know some HTML. I know something about relational databases and
desigining fields, and I could use MS Access. I've heard of MySQL, PHP, CGI,
but don't know which I one I should pursue learning and then use. I have never
done programming before, but I could learn some.

--HB Hedden

[rob :: digitalburn]

PHP and mySQL are probably the best combination - pretty easy, very
versatile and pwerful (especially compared to Microsoft technologies), speed
optimised and available free of charge, from [url]www.php.net[/url] and [url]www.mysql.com[/url]
respectively. They're also very widely available as standard on most web
hosting packages.