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<TITLE>A mSQL and perl Web Server Mini HOWTO: About this Document</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. About this Document</A></H2>
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Intended Audience</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Everybody who wants to install a web server database but does not
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know which software is necessary and how it is installed should
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benefit from reading this text. This text provides all information
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necessary to get a SQL database for a web server going; it does
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<EM>not</EM> go into any detail of CGI programming, nor does it explain
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the SQL database language. Excellent books are available on both
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topics, and it is the intention of this text to provide a working
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platform based on which a user can then study CGI programming and
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SQL.
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<P>For getting a small scale SQL system running (not the notorious
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example of a major airline booking system, or space mission management
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database) it will be sufficient to have the software described in
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this text and the documentation accompanying it. The user manual
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of msql (a database introduced in this text) provides sufficient
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information on SQL for building your own database.
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<P>The reader of this text should have a working knowledge of how
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to obtain files via <CODE>ftp</CODE> if he has no access to CD-ROMs, and
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a basic understanding of how to build binaries from sources. Anyway,
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all steps explained in this text were tested on a real life system
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and should also work on the reader's system.
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Conventions used in this text</A>
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</H2>
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<P>A user command:
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<PRE>
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# make install
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</PRE>
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<P>Screen output from a program:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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Program installed. Read README for details on how to start.
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>Sample code of a file:
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<HR>
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<PRE>
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# My comment
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char letter;
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</PRE>
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