Tim Verry said: > Knowing very little about Linux database options... > > Is there a way to have a database that accepts data from html forms, but > which requires no administration whatsoever on the web server side? IOW > a database that the user could put in their own directory structure that > they could use, without the equivalent of Window's Control Panel ODBC > connections being setup in advance?
maybe Zope? it is an object oriented database as opposed to a relational database. Really the only administration required is to create a user account. quite easy to run, everything is web based. Of course to take advantage of it you need to learn how it works. but database wise it's the only thing I can think of that requires almost no "administration". you have directories, files etc. its quite powerful. I use Zwiki with zope: www.zope.org www.zwiki.org oh, and its not just a database its also a web server which has built in user account management, fine grain access controls, access via ftp/http/webdav/etc, version management(undo changes to documents), and much more. I only have a real basic understanding of it. the one down side is it is slower then apache. At least with Zwiki, it can take about 10 times more processing power to serve a page then apache does. Maybe 100 times. So you'll need a more powerful server if you have a busy site. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
