Database-Driven Web Sites
Presented by Wei-Li Liaw Nov. 8 2005
Overview
• • • • • • • • • 1. What is Database-Driven Website 2. Why build a Dbase-driven Website? 3. Successful Story 4. What is Database 5. History of Database 6. Database choices 7. IA and Dbase-driven Website 8. Conclusion 9. References
What is Database-Driven Website
• A database-driven Web site is a Web site that uses a database to gather, display, or manipulate information
Traditional Html Pages
V.S.
Html Website
Database-driven Website
DatabaseDriven Website
Where do you store your data
How to store your data
.html files
Static
Database Tables
Dynamic ( in real time)
Maintenance
Hard (If you have many pages)
Easy
Traditional Web Pages (1)
The data you want to store
Traditional Web Pages (2)
Data is stored in the source code
Traditional Web Pages (3)
Why database-driven Website? (1)
• Content is king !! • Achieving complete separation between your site's design and the content you want to present. • Interaction in real time • Sorting and Ranking
Why database-driven Website? (2)
Example – Team Work
Users /
Web Visual Designers
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Database Designers /
Web content managers
Interaction
Why database-driven Website? (3)
Example - Blog
Why database-driven Website? (4)
• Sorting and Ranking Using a relational database allows you to quickly and easily answer queries about prices, customers, or products.
Examples: www.ebay.com www.google.com
Successful Story (1)
• Overview
One of the largest facilities maintenance providers in North America, UNICCO Service Company (UNICCO) has built its success on long-term customer loyalty, earning a 95 percent customer retention rate. As the industry became increasingly competitive, UNICCO realized that, to maintain its high customer retention rate, it needed to provide its field force with more sophisticated tools to accelerate the flow of information.
Resource: http://www.ibm.com
Successful Story (2)
• Website need:
Speed up the flow of information on results of facilities inspections to improve customer satisfaction and increase business.
• User’s Opinion:
” (With Database) we’ll be able to continuously improve our quality with tested, proven and secure technology.” - Bilal Khokhar, Development Manager of Field
Applications, UNICCO Resource: http://www.ibm.com
Successful Story (3)
• 70% to 80% savings in deployment costs…..; • ….95% customer retention rate from integration of the handheld with corporate data stores; improved customer satisfaction
Resource: http://www.ibm.com
What is Database
• Definition A database is an organized collection of information records that can be accessed electronically. In the Library this includes indexing and abstracting databases, citation databases or databases of full text journal articles.
History of Database
1890 – -1960’s - 1980’s - The first The 1970 first 1990’s innovation- The database relational model of Object-oriented Herman Hollerith commercialthe developed management products, Oracle database. was proposed by E. world's first automated information systemsand DB2, did not were F. Codd. processing equipment. developed by until appear Charles around 1980. Bachman.
Database Choices
• • • • • IBM DB2 Oracle Database 10g Microsoft SQL server MySQL And more….
Database Choices - the 2004 market share
Others 12.2% M$ 20%
IBM 34.1%
Oracle 33.7%
IBM
Oracle
M$
Others
• Total : $7.8 billion U.S dollars • The database market grew by 10.3 percent in 2004 • According to numbers released by the Gartner Inc. in May 2005
Information Architects and Database-driven Website (1)
• Good design principles of Database reduce the maintenance cost. • Good designs of IA lead to better reliability and performance. • Combining Database with IA
Information architects and Database-driven Website (2)
• What you want to achieve with you website? • Who is your target users? • How many users? • What kind of database is suitable for you?
Information architects and Database-driven Website (3)
• Database can provide faster access to data. Let your users use this function easily
Information Architects and Database-driven Website (4)
Efficient Sorting
Conclusion
• Provide useful information. • Good presentation. • Answering feedback generated by the site. • Not allowing a site to age. • Tracking the success of the site. • Maintaining your database.
References
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Build your own Database Driven Website using PHP & MySQL from http://www.sitepoint.com/article/php-mysql-tutorial SQL Server 2005 Amid DBMS Market Dynamics from http://www.ftponline.com/wss/2004_12/magazine/columns/trends/ Market share analysis from http://www.olapreport.com/Market.htm IBM, Oracle Race for Database Dominance from http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1820629,00.asp Database Growth Slower but Steady from http://www.thestreet.com/tech/hardware/10225286.html A Short Database History from http://math.hws.edu/vaughn/cpsc/343/2003/history.html UNICCO enhances customer satisfaction with mobile workforce solution from IBM from http://www-306.ibm.com/ PHP & MySQL, Luke Welling and Laura Thomson The Rise of Relational Databases from
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/far/ch6.html
Q&A
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