Databases DeMYSTiFieD, 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition

chapter 9Connecting Databases to the Outside World

We begin this chapter with a look at the evolution of database deployment models. We see the ways databases have been connected with their users and with the other computer systems within the enterprise computing infrastructure (the internal structure of all the computing resources of an enterprise). We then explore the methods used to connect databases to applications that use a web browser as the primary user interface, which is the way many modern application systems are constructed. Finally, we look at current methods for connecting databases to applications, namely using ODBC connections (for most programming languages) and various methods for connecting databases to applications written ...