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ArticleBot · Dec 20, 2004, 15:30

This is an article discussion thread for discussing the SitePoint article, "Databasing Your Site"

danfran · Jan 2, 2005, 12:36

By "databasing" a site, do you mean to simply make it searchable?

Databases are for storing data in a structured manner. For example, if your site has 100 pages on various types of flowers, seeds, and pots that you sell, and they're all completely STATIC html pages, then yeah.. You'll have to go through each page, one by one, and transfer the content into a database system. If your static HTML pages are really, really, strictly defined, this could be done as an automated process over the weekend.

On the other hand, if you just have an amorphous static HTML site and you want "search capability", then you don't need a database, necessarily, just an indexing system. Most languages support file parsing (at bare minimum) and if you're in the Microsoft boat, you can simply have Microsoft Index Server build a catalog for you. Index Server allows you to issue database-like queries (ADO style) against the MS Index Server catalogs.

Please clarify your needs and all of us here and we can better explain to you an easy solution!

Dan

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danfran SitePoint Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 244	Not sure what the goal is.. By "databasing" a site, do you mean to simply make it searchable? Databases are for storing data in a structured manner. For example, if your site has 100 pages on various types of flowers, seeds, and pots that you sell, and they're all completely STATIC html pages, then yeah.. You'll have to go through each page, one by one, and transfer the content into a database system. If your static HTML pages are really, really, strictly defined, this could be done as an automated process over the weekend. On the other hand, if you just have an amorphous static HTML site and you want "search capability", then you don't need a database, necessarily, just an indexing system. Most languages support file parsing (at bare minimum) and if you're in the Microsoft boat, you can simply have Microsoft Index Server build a catalog for you. Index Server allows you to issue database-like queries (ADO style) against the MS Index Server catalogs. Please clarify your needs and all of us here and we can better explain to you an easy solution! Dan

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