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by rreeder

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I was looking for ways to deliver my information to my company in an easier format (Such as a dynamically driven website). What I've got are MS Excel Server lists with:
Server, Grouping, IP, Gateway, OS, Owner, etc...

I want to know is it possible to setup a website where the user can go to a webpage and fill in text fields corresponding to the heading in my database, and get results returned for those fields that are filled in? Can more that one field be filled in? For example:

In the text box next to group could somebody put in "1" and in the field next to OS could you put in a "Windows 2003" and get all the results from the database returned that match both of those criteria?

Am I looking towards PHP for my answers?

Thanks in advance for your time and answers.

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by choppit

PHP in conjunction with MySQL/PostgreSQL would certainly allow you to do this although may not necessarily be the most appropriate choice for your needs.

Consider your current/ future requirements, pick a database platform then choose your scripting language to suit.

by jaqui

yup, since you seem to have an ms shop, you might want to look at using the 2003 server as the backend, I beleive it has sql support.
and that would work better with asp instead of php.

if you already know php scripting ( or c programming ) then use php, just use one of the wrappers to get it to talk to the db backend correctly.

if you have to learn the scripting language you'll be using, pick the one that fits best with current technology, and probable future tech.

postgresql is probably the more scalable of the 2 choppit mentioned. if you think you will wind up using the db server for more than originally planned, then the scalability is an important concideration.

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