HTML Front End to Ingres

> > >Basically, what I want to know is this, should I stick to shell
> > >scripts to do the CGI stuff or is PERL more appropriate? The project
> > >is due in about 4 weeks so I need to be able to start implementing

I have used many web-to-db gateways to inteface to Ingres ... ingperl,
WebinTool, dbCGI, and CA's own ICE.  My least favorite is ICE.  And,
it's a tossup for my favorite between ingperl and WebinTool.  Both
are very different ... ingperl requires you to build ingperl scripts
that access the database and generate the html code.  WebinTool makes
it appear as though you are embedding SQL statements in the html code.
Both work well, and WebinTool even has some nifty features for
interfacing with the OS.  But if time is critical, I'd go with
WebinTool.  It has a very short learning curve ... ingperl requires a
few days of getting comfortable ... the WebinTool learning curve is
just a few hours.

Chuck Maiden                                       DATA BLUEPRINTS
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