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[sqwale3721]

Hello Urgently need help.
Im trying to set up a online service that people can come view homes as well as office space. I as an administrator of the database should be able to add images and other content. There is mention that I may need a dynamic website of which would need a language such as PHP or ASP as opposed to a static XHTML? is this true?
ANd what program can i develope this database with?

[WingedPanther]

You will need a database (any) and server side language (any). Your main considerations are likely to be development costs, tool costs, server options, etc.

[sqwale3721]

Im doing a computer systems engineering course and thus have experience with java and C programming thus im looking to develope the site on my own. ANd im thinking of ways to go about it, so firstly what sowtware do i need to develope the database. It need to be dynamic so MS access is not the best option.

[WingedPanther]

You can use Java Servlets as your server-side language.

To work with the database, you will need database server software, a knowledge of SQL, etc. If you are not familiar with database programming, you may want to spends some time learning SQL and how that works, first.

[Roger]

I'm a LAMP guy, so I'd say look at PHP and MySQL. How big does this site plan to be (images, text, etc.)?

[sqwale3721]

WingedPanther said:

You can use Java Servlets as your server-side language.

To work with the database, you will need database server software, a knowledge of SQL, etc. If you are not familiar with database programming, you may want to spends some time learning SQL and how that works, first.

Java servlets will they be able to cope with a large enough database and simultanious demand?

[sqwale3721]

Roger said:

I'm a LAMP guy, so I'd say look at PHP and MySQL. How big does this site plan to be (images, text, etc.)?

Well the site will be realtively small compared to websites that use PHP such as facebook. But still I am hoping to loads thousand of images as well as quite abit of text and some low resolution video. Is there any other topics you suggest i should look into?

[Roger]

sqwale3721 said:

Well the site will be realtively small compared to websites that use PHP such as facebook. But still I am hoping to loads thousand of images as well as quite abit of text and some low resolution video. Is there any other topics you suggest i should look into?

I thought about it some more.. and have you thought about using a CMS (like Drupal) to accomplish your goal? If you were to write your application from scratch, without much experience, you'll probably end up with a not-so-secure application. If you can look at an established CMS an see how you can tailor it (and its plugins) to fit what you need to do. I had a custom site that I was able to fit into the Drupal framework after some heavy duty analysis.

[WingedPanther]

sqwale3721 said:

Java servlets will they be able to cope with a large enough database and simultanious demand?

The database is separate from the servlets. An enterprise-grade database will work. The server and demand will determine how well it copes with demand.