Topic: Accessing SQL from a webpage

[Trev Codner]

Hi all

have trawled through past post & cannot find what I am looking for!
I am attempting to author a website to sit in the default ibay, I want it to use sql as i want the site to be database driven, weblog & a dvd database etc.
I am using dreamweaver but am unable to connect to sql on the e-smith box to allow me to embed links to the database within the website. can anyone help??

running version 6.0 of e-smith!

Thanks in advance.

I would susoect I need to open port 3306 on the internal interface, if this is the case anyidea's how I go about doing it?

Thanks again
Trev C

[Nathan Fowler]

You failed to specify what scripting language you are programming in.  Additionally, you'll need to create a database on the server with the respective tables.

[Trev Codner]

Hi Nathan

Was not thinking clearly the other night when I posted the question, was going to use php to access an sql server database hosted on the e-smith box, I am new to this game but have a good friend who is a developer for his companies novell intranet & he was going to show me a thing or two.

We are attempting to use a laptop connected to the internal network using dreamweaver to develope and publish the site, aparently dreamweaver has built in support for connecting to an sql DB.

thats about all i can tell you.

Hope u can help, best wishes either way.

Regards
TC