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Class Note # 03 “CS Projects” Dr. Hanh Pham Web-Based Systems with Databases Web-based database applications (WDA) are programs/software which can be accessed through Web WWW/Internet. They can accept the user commands and make corresponding SQL statements to the DBMS and then display or get the results back to the users. Users are at the client site and access WDA via a web browser (just like visiting a web page). The WDA resides and runs at the server site. The DMBS can be at the same server site or at another server. Depending on the web programming techniques(CGI, servlets, jsp, asp, …) the WDA can be written in many programming languages such as Python, Perl, PHP, Java, C, C++, … WDA allow users to work with DBMS without knowing SQL and from anywhere. CGI 1
