Requirements for using the Database Wizard

ODBC driver for your database

Although the Database Wizard can create pages that connect to a database through TCP/IP or JDBC, the wizard itself uses ODBC to connect to your database for the purpose of obtaining information about the database’s tables and fields. Microsoft Windows has built-in ODBC drivers for the following database types: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft FoxPro, Microsoft Visual FoxPro, Microsoft SQL Server, dBase, Oracle, Paradox, and text files. ODBC drivers for many other databases are available, both free and commercial. To find an ODBC driver for your database, try searching the Web (for example, search for “MySQL ODBC driver”).

Web server program installed and running on your desktop computer

To enable previewing database-driven documents using Namo WebEditor’s built-in preview mode, a Web server program supporting the dynamic document format you want to use must be installed on the computer on which you use Namo WebEditor. Some no-cost options for obtaining a Web server program are listed below:

  • If you use Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) is either already installed on your computer or available as an installation option in the Add/Remove Windows Components application. IIS has built-in support for ASPActive Server Pages: Microsoft’s dynamic document standard.
  • If you use Windows NT 4 Workstation or Windows 95, you can install Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS) as part of the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, a free download from Microsoft’s Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/NT4OptPk/default.asp). PWS has built-in support for ASPActive Server Pages: Microsoft’s dynamic document standard.
  • If you use Windows 98, you can install PWS from your Windows 98 installation CD in the \add-ons\pws folder. PWS has built-in support for ASPActive Server Pages: Microsoft’s dynamic document standard.
  • For any 32-bit version of Windows (Windows 95 or later), you can download and install the free Apache HTTP Server (http://httpd.apache.org/). Note that you must install additional software to enable Apache HTTP Server to work with dynamic documents; one free option is the PHP program, which supports PHPPHP Hypertext Preprocessor: a free, open source scripting language and program for dynamic document creation (http://www.php.net).

If you do not want to preview your database-driven documents using Namo WebEditor’s built-in preview mode, you do not need a Web server program on your desktop computer.

Namo Web Editor icon note Requirements for using the Database WizardIf you have IIS or PWS running on your desktop computer, Namo WebEditor automatically configures it to support previewing database-driven documents. However, if you choose to run a different Web server program, you must manually configure it to have a virtual directory named “namoweb” pointing to the root directory of your boot drive (for example, C:\). For Apache, you can do this by adding the following line to your httpd.conf file:

Alias /namoweb “C:/”

Web server software that supports ASP, PHP, or JSP installed and running on the Web server

To actually use the database-driven documents you create using the Database Wizard, your Web server must be equipped with software to interpret and execute the instructions in those documents. The required software depends on the dynamic document standard you want to use.

  • For ASP documents: If your Web server runs Microsoft’s Internet Information Server (IIS) or Personal Web Server (PWS), no additional software is required. Other Web server programs may require the addition of third-party software such as Sun ONE Active Server Pages (http://wwws.sun.com/software/chilisoft/) or Instant ASP (http://www.stryon.com/products.asp?s=1).
  • For PHP documents: Your Web server must have the PHP software installed on it. PHP can be downloaded for free from http://www.php.net/ or (if your Web server runs on Linux/Unix) the download site for your Linux/Unix distribution.
  • For JSP documents: Many Web server programs have built-in support for JSP. Others can be made to support it through an add-on engine. See “http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/industry.html” for a list of supporting servers and engines.

Namo Web Editor icon note Requirements for using the Database WizardNamo does not recommend or endorse any particular dynamic document standard, database platform, or Web server platform.

Related topics

Supported document standards and database connections

Setting up an ODBC data source

Requirements for using the Database Wizard