[thelist] using ASP and databases for images

[kevin raleigh]

Just started reading about PHP and it sounds infinitely simpler to deploy.
Not sure i mentioned this in my previous article but I took an intro course
to the C language. After reading two intro articles for PHP it seems to me
that if I need the facilities of a server language then PHP would be the
obvious choice.
Could you comment on this??

As for your suggestions, the reason I thought of a server image data base
was that this would enable unlimited growth for the image catalog. I thought
it would make it easier in the long run.
Will have to spend some time looking thru your ideas before I go any
further.

Good news today! Just got my new software... Dreamweaver... Any comments,
suggestions, etc...Already thinking of Ultradev...
thanx
krr
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Cook" <sck at biljettpoolen.se>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 12:56 AM
Subject: RE: [thelist] using ASP and databases for images


> Hi Kevin,
>
> Based on the (fairly extensive) spec you have given, I would recommend
from
> the outset that you don't need a database to make this happen!
>
> If you think about it, your interface of using a forward and back
navigation
> system, along with a numbering system for the images, means that the
> structure you require is really very simple. If you were looking to have a
> system with a large amount of meta data for each image, plus a *much*
larger
> amount of images, then there might be some good reason to put everything
in
> a database. As it is, you would be better off using a normal directory
> structure for the images.
>
> One important question that isn't covered - will there often be changes to
> the set of images? If you are going to be removing images from the list
> fairly often, then you'll need to think about how you keep the naming
> structure intact. Otherwise, I seem to recall that I wrote an article
about
> a JavaScript based image gallery system that sounds as though it would fit
> your requirements directly:
>
> Yup, here it is - http://evolt.org/index.cfm?menu=8&cid=567
>
> If you need to update the ordering of the images fairly often, or have a
> requirement for easy upload and removal of images, then you would almost
> certainly be better off looking at one of the existing solutions that you
> can find on the web.
>
> Here's a couple of links to get you started!
>
http://www.aspin.com/func/search?tree=aspin/webapps/content&pg=5&qry=image+g
> allery&cat=all
>
http://www.aspin.com/func/search?tree=aspin/webapps/content&pg=4&qry=image+g
> allery&cat=all
>
> Try searching for "ASP image gallery" or similar to build up more
> possibilities.
>
> Good luck
>
> .steve
>
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