Databases & Data driven webpages

A database is a collection of information stored in a computer in a systematic way so that the information can quickly & easisly be retrieved and accessed. Traditional databases are organized by fields, records, and files. A field is a single piece of information; a record is one complete set of fields; and a file is a collection of records. an example of a database would be a stores inventory, for example. Each product would be stored in its own record. The record would be made up of fields holding information about the product such as, the name of the product, the price, and how many are in stock.

Database driven webpages simply take information from a database and displays the information into the web page each time it is loaded. If the information stored in the database changes, the web page connected to the database will also change automatically. teh website owner never has to chage the webpage itself, only the information in the database. This means, of course, that you need to have a database that stores the information you want displayed. Database driven webpages are usually accompanied by an administration section that allows the website owner to add edit and detete information in the database.