Database and web site?

[TwoSugars]

Hi ppl,
Iam thinkig about creating a website and linking it with a database. I have never done this before and was wondering if ny one1 could give me an clue as what I need. For example i've not much idea of ASP, PHP etc. I've used Access before but I'm not usre if that can be used to link to a server side web site.

If any one can shed some light in beginners terms, that would be great!

-TS

 

[Daz]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=mysql+php&btnG=Search&meta= is a good start.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0596005431/?tag=cliospnet01-21 is also a very good book

 

[TwoSugars]

Thanks for the link Daz. So am I right in thinking that MySQL is the database software...rather liek Access and SQL is the scripting language that will be placed in the webpage to access the database on MySQL?

 

[Daz]

Yea.
That book does it in a 3 layer approach:

Includes - actual database and PHP functions
PHP Pages - These call functions in the includes, put the results into variables and uses the correct template to display the data.
Templates - The actual HTML which is displayed.