The application of DBMaker on the Internet

Without a doubt, the Internet is a hot topic nowadays. Starting with email, Gopher, BBS, and News Groups on the World Wide Web, the Internet has transformed the computer industry. The World Wide Web brought about a revolution in information technology. The World Wide Web works with hyperlinks and multimedia display, while integrating text, video, picture, audio and motion pictures. These features have made the Web a user-friendly interface in our daily life. Now, the World Wide Web is not only an information revolution in the computer field, but an influence to our culture and society.

In the beginning of 1993, there were only 30 web sites. In 1995 there were over 50,000 sites. The increase in Internet users doubles each year. We have approximately three hundred thousand Internet users in the Taiwan area, and the number of Web-sites are also increasing. All these facts indicate that the Internet will provide a prosperous business environment and suppliers will dedicate themselves to this market. Let's think over this matter from a user's point of view! The truth is that users need a total solution to fit their needs for interactive business, such as on-line marketing, on-line shopping, information sharing, decision support and on-line account transferring. For these purposes, it will be very important to store interactive information on a Web Server.

Based on previous experience in system integration, CASEMaker's DBMaker offers a perfect solution for managing a large volume of information. For security purpose, CASEMaker combines Web Server and DBMS through CGI technology. This is achieved with an ODBC standard program. Whatever the traditional or common CGI, even visual development tools, anyone who can use ODBC can manage DBMaker perfectly. DBMaker comes with several basic functions such as SQL, multi-user capability, transaction management, security management, consistency management, crash recovery, on-line back up, etc. --- definitely, a perfect solution for the new World Wide Web times.