Building a Dynamic Web/Database Interface.

Abstract

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 read-only type applications such as Decision Support Systems and Information Delivery Systems. The database access methods presently available cannot support more advanced capabilities of client/server type applications including client-side data validation, sophisticated user interfaces, and concurrency among multiple users.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA327745

Entities

People

  • Julie Cornell

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Networks
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Multithreading
  • Network Protocols
  • Relational Databases
  • Transport Protocols
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Database Systems and Applications