Getting the Information You Need
Have you ever had anyone scream at you “I NEED THE SALES FIGURES FOR THE NORTHERN GROUP ON OUR WEB SITE! TODAY!!” Ever had those days? You can put these figures on a web site. But, why not have the web site do it for you with dynamically driven web pages. To be able to access this type of information you need a database. But, more than that, you need to be able to query the content in the database. To do this on a Web page you must be learn how to leverage the Structured Query Language (SQL). Sound hard? Fortunately, Macromedia has come bounding to our rescue with tool designed for these types of crisis: Dreamweaver UltraDev. In this article you will learn how to create SQL usingDreamweaver UltraDev’s easy to use interface.
As the name indicates, UltraDev is part of the Dreamweaver family of products. You will find that, indeed, UltraDev (or, as those in the know call it “UD”) looks exactly like Dreamweaver. The design area is the same, you have the same Behaviors, the same Panels and the same ability to add extensions. The big difference is the enhancements. UltraDev is designed to leverage the power of Server Side scripting languages such as Microsoft’s Active Server Pages, Macromedia’s Cold Fusion or Sun’s Java Server Pages. Server Side Languages have many uses, of which one is the ability to connect to databases and extract information.
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Matthew David
Matthew David has been developing Flash based applications for over 6 years (that makes him very old in this business!). Examples of his work can be found at his web site www.matthewdavid.ws, or you can email him directly at mdavid@email.com.
Matthew’s most recent publications include content for Flash 5 Magic, Inside Dreamweaver 4, Flash 5: Visual FX, Web Publishing Bible and The Dreamweaver Bible. You can also see him popping up in many online magazines, such as Sitepoint.com, Windowatch.com, UDzone.com and DevX.com.
Currently, Matthew is working on two books and writing articles for Element K Journal’s Macromedia Solutions magazine. He is a available as a freelance consultant to work on web based projects.
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