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ProtoTyPus
ProtoTyPus

Reputation: 1324

Html link to mysql database

This is a curiosity: can I link a pure HTML page to database? Or I have to use an ASP.NET/PHP/other(?) web language that uses script?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 95

Answers (2)

Mr. Alien
Mr. Alien

Reputation: 157314

You cannot link to a database with the help of HTML only.

HTML is a simple markup language, inorder to link to the Database, you need to use a server side language such as JSP, ASP or PHP.

If you want some sort of data storage mechanism, you can use Local Storage API for that.

But beware that the data you store will reside on the clients browser and not on your machine, so if they clear out the files on their browsers, the data will be lost.

Also, storing sensitive information using Local Storage isn't recommended. I would suggest you to use that ONLY IF you have basic requirements.

Here's a good article to get you started with HTML5 Local Storage API

Upvotes: 2

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson

Reputation: 1482

HTML is markup, and is not capable of linking to a database.

For that, you'd need a server side language such as PHP. However you could use AJAX which loads a server side script on another page which would in turn link to the database, but this page would need to contain some JavaScript.

Upvotes: 2

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