Chapter 20. Creating an Online Address Book

In this chapter, you learn the following:

How to create relational tables for an online address book

How to create the forms and scripts for adding and deleting records in the address book

How to create the forms and scripts for viewing records

In this chapter, you create a manageable online address book. You learn how to create the relevant database tables, as well as the forms and scripts for adding, deleting, and viewing database records.

Note

These basic concepts are the foundations of developing any application that uses CRUD functionality (create, read, update, delete), which is precisely what a lot of web-based applications are.

Planning and Creating the Database Tables

When you think ...

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