____________________________Creating and Using Web Interactive Databases

• The World Wide Web
  • What is it?
    • Suppose you fell asleep in 1980 and woke up today, would you be surprised?
    • The Web is part of the Internet, a network of networks that is growing at warp speed.
    • The Web is a very efficient way of distributing information.
    • The Web can be a very efficient way of interacting with others over the Internet. Often, it is not efficient, however.
      • The Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans had a Web page in 1998, but did not use it well for booking reservations.
  • Static Pages
    • Static pages are just that, static, they do not change.
    • Most Web pages are static.
    • For information that does not change quickly or often, static pages are best. For example, a page describing Leonardo's motivation for painting the Mona Lisa would probably be a good candidate for a static page.
  • Dynamic Pages
    • Dynamic pages change.
    • Dynamic pages are the result of an on-the-fly conversion of a database into an HTML file.
    • Dynamic pages are best for information that is constantly updated because only the database need be changed. Price lists, library catalogs, and inventory are all good candidates for dynamic pages.

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