If you already have a
Microsoft Access database listing
all your products, or you would like one to be constructed,
why not make your website "active" enabling visitors to the
site to retrieve the information they require directly from
your database? This will not in itself allow customers to buy
the goods online, but is useful for retrieving information
from a large number of records - e.g. a particular make of car.

Unlike a fixed HTML page (this one for
instance), an active or dynamic page is modified at run time
by the server, before being sent to the browser. Therefore,
the customer can choose the criteria for the data they wish to
view on the Active Server Page.
The example a small Access database which
contains a number of DVD's and CD's, where the visitor to the
site selects either the Artist or Category of their choice.
The results of the search are then displayed on the active
page.
Further web pages can be created to allow
both the insertion and editing/deletion
of data directly to/from the online database, as
well as registration pages
including password
protection as required. To see an example of a web
page for inserting data into the database directly, please
contact us.
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