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Forgive me, but I don't know the right terminology to phrase the question correctly.
I need to assemble some kind of online database that will contain multiple data points for each entry. A number of web pages will link to this database and will list several different data points as appropriate to each page. The data points are subject to change, so I'm hoping to centralize the changes, rather than having to edit each referring page every time a change occurs.
Can someone point me in the right direction to generate such a database? I can do it easily in Access, but I'm having trouble making the leap to an online format.
Thanks!
Make7
(8,543 posts)I'm sometimes reluctant to venture into the specific-theme groups with total noob questions, but I guess it's a good idea.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Will this be a low traffic or high traffic site ?
You can find website providers that support MS Access for low traffic sites.
Orrex
(63,215 posts)The idea is that there would be pages featuring info about aspects of the hobby, and rather than manually updating 10 pages when data changes, it would be easier to update the source.
Low traffic, by the way. I can ask the site admins, though, now that you mention it.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)In Access 2002 or later, you can output data to Extensible Markup Language (XML) by exporting to an XML document. You can also output schema files to specific the structure of the XML document as well as a style sheet to describe the presentation of your data.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/exporting-to-xml-from-access-HA001034561.aspx
Transforming Microsoft Access XML Files into HTML with XSLT
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa139949%28v=office.10%29.aspx
Orrex
(63,215 posts)Thanks!
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)And they call it the NSA.
Orrex
(63,215 posts)TrogL
(32,822 posts)You need a relational database on the server backend.
Orrex
(63,215 posts)Thanks.