js & ODBC

[Artek Siara]

hello,
I want to connect to firebird database from JavaScript; I've heard that it
is possible.
Did somebody do it?
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regards
Artur

[unixfreak0037]

You can't directly attach to a database from javascript because
javascript lacks any real I/O provisions (no sockets.)

But you can use an AJAX approach to this. What I do at work is use the
XMLHttpRequest to request a PHP/ASP/JSP/CGI/whatever file on the server
side which does some database calls and returns an XML document
representing the database result which I can use in Javascript.

That's one approach. I guess another would be using Javascript to
script a Java applet if you want to do it all on the client side.

john

[Artek Siara]

> You can't directly attach to a database from javascript because

javascript lacks any real I/O provisions (no sockets.)

But you can use an AJAX approach to this. What I do at work is use the
XMLHttpRequest to request a PHP/ASP/JSP/CGI/whatever file on the server
side which does some database calls and returns an XML document
representing the database result which I can use in Javascript.

That's one approach. I guess another would be using Javascript to
script a Java applet if you want to do it all on the client side.

john

thanks a lot, I afraid about it, now - i'm sure

artur

[Dag Sunde]

"Artek Siara" <ar********@poczta.onet.pl> wrote in message
news:dn**********@news.agh.edu.pl...

You can't directly attach to a database from javascript because
javascript lacks any real I/O provisions (no sockets.)

But you can use an AJAX approach to this. What I do at work is use the
XMLHttpRequest to request a PHP/ASP/JSP/CGI/whatever file on the server
side which does some database calls and returns an XML document
representing the database result which I can use in Javascript.

That's one approach. I guess another would be using Javascript to
script a Java applet if you want to do it all on the client side.

john

thanks a lot, I afraid about it, now - i'm sure

Nothing to be afraid of... :-)

Just get started, give it your best shot, and call
for help here when you get stuck.

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Dag.