linking databases

[Ntombi]

i'm a student and i'm working on a univeristy website trying to create a means by which the students can view their academic results on this site. i needed to know how one links a database to a website. And when a query is sent which coding will enable the results to be reflected on the website.thank you

[tikanet]

It's important to know several factors before a comprehensive answer can be proferred:

1) database system being used; ODBC, MySQL, Access, Oracle, etc.
2) scripting language preference; e.g., Perl, PHP, Python, etc.
3) web server software; e.g., IIS, Apache, Apache2

[lawrephord60]

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[redcircle]

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/laflamme20001016.php3 there's a good article that explains how linking of databases works.

On that site you can also find tutorials on how to use PHP with mysql.