[ILUG] Database backed web sites in Ireland

[John McCormac]

Niall wrote:
> 
> With respect, this is mullarkey. Ireland.com is backed by a database. For
<snip>
> built it. I'm sure there are a large number of others. Or did you mean
> something entirely different ?

I think you've misunderstood the context of the term "database backed
website" Niall. In your model it seems that only sections of the site
are stored in a database or in the case of a search engine, a subset of
each page is stored. With a database backed website, the database *is*
the website. A lot of sites, including the ones you mentioned have
databases running sections of the site such as searches and archives.
However putting the whole site inside the database and then generating
the pages on the fly is a completely different affair.

Such an operation allows for extreme customisation for users so that
they can get exactly what they want and any advertising can be precisely
targeted. This requires some very serious investment in hardware,
databases and programming. The only company that has so far attempted
this kind of an operation is online.ie and even they have some way to go
yet before making it all operational. However if you look at the
structure, you can see that each article is being pulled in to the page
on the fly by index.adp from a database. Sites like Ireland.com seem to
publish out static pages rather than letting the user access the
database of webpages directly.  Buyandsell.net is a site that is built
around a database rather than actually being a database. Unfortunately
it seems that it is not very user friendly.

Regards...jmcc
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