[Artwork]

I need to publish an entire database ( text and pictures) on a site I manage for a client.

I am fully a newbie to this stuff .
I was planning to make the database with filemaker but then I hear of things like SQL, PHP, coldfusion......???? .

Can anybody advice me, so I dont do any unnessesary work.

I own dreamweaver MX, what else do I need

Many thanks

[Xeo]

Well, it really depends on what you're going after. PHP and MySQL is a powerful and quite common solution. MySQL is the database software and PHP is the server side scripting language which will output your web pages.

FileMaker can act as both of these but must run separately. This is fine if the person has need for a FileMaker database (meaning, he/she is going to interact with it frequently). If it is just going to sit and store data, with updates by only you or maybe that person once in a while, I recommend learning about PHP and MySQL.

Trust me, once you start using them on one project, they become everything you need and want in a web authoring solution.

http://www.php.net/ - PHP
http://www.mysql.com/ - MySQL
http://forums.devshed.com/ - Excellent PHP and MySQL support forums

[Arkham_c]

PHP and MySQL are great tools, but they are really tools for a programmer. To use MySQL, you're going to have to learn SQL (Structured Query Language), pronounced "sequel".

PHP is a programming language that you mix in with HTML. It's fairly easy to learn as programming languages go, but it's still programming. Just fair warning.

With that said, learning these skills will be very valuable should you choose to pursue this sort of development as a career.

PHP can stand alone, but it's also a good stepping stone into more enterprise solutions like JSP.

MySQL will teach you 90% of SQL, which can then be used with Oracle and Sybase.

[redJag]

Originally posted by Arkham_c:
SQL (Structured Query Language), pronounced "sequel".

???
This is totally unrelated to the thread, but I have never heard anyone say it like that. It's always been My S-Q-L. Just a side note

[bluedog]

Originally posted by redJag:
???
This is totally unrelated to the thread, but I have never heard anyone say it like that. It's always been My S-Q-L. Just a side note

Then you are completely unfamiliar with the database development of SQL (pronounced 'sequel') on which MySQL (pronounced 'my-S-Q-L') is based.

[redJag]

Originally posted by bluedog:
Then you are completely unfamiliar with the database development of SQL (pronounced 'sequel') on which MySQL (pronounced 'my-S-Q-L') is based.

Yup exactly. I've never talked about SQL with anyone. I have talked about MySQL with people. That's aboot it.

[godzookie2k]

/me sheepishly can't help saying My Sequel no matter what.