Chapter 5. Dynamic Text and Recordsets

So far, our discussion of creating database-driven Web applications has centered mostly on the back end of the process. We’ve talked extensively about databases and how to use them, as well as how to connect them to Dreamweaver. None of this information does you any good, of course, if you don’t know how to use the information from the database once you get it.

Dreamweaver MX includes a wide array of tools for displaying information from a database. Now that you’re comfortable with what’s happening behind the scenes, we can raise the curtain and delve into these tools.

In this chapter, we’ll take a close look at some of the simple ways you can make your Web site dynamic using a database, including Dreamweaver’s ...

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