What is a database driven website and why would anyone want one?
Understanding that a website is a collection of one or more pages, let’s start by discussing a page. In a hard copy book, a page is a piece of paper with words and maybe graphics on it. A good example for this discussion is the white pages business telephone book. You might ask, is the telephone book a database? Yes it is, it fits the general definition of database which is, “A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval. Also called data bank” The telephone book lists business name, address, and telephone number and is arranged per the general definition of a database. The book is published yearly and guess what? The book is out of date long before it goes to the printer. New businesses are starting, existing businesses are closing, addresses are changing, and the book is not accurate or complete. Forget the expense of publishing frequently enough to attempt accuracy and completeness, it is an impossible task. These pages are called “static” or unchanging pa
