I personally would use Apache and Tomcat. Apache is an Open Source web server. Tomcat is an Open Source application server that will allow you to write Java Servlets and/or Java Server Pages (JSP) to process the requests and access the database via the Java Database Connectivity API (JDBC) using the driver in the MySQL tarball. Both products are available at www.apache.org . Another Java option is to use one of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) implementations available. J2EE is bundling of Sun blessed Java specifications targeted as a _platform neutral_ general purpose development suite. It includes the core Java 2 SDK, JDBC, CORBA, XML, EJB, JSP, Servlets, and others. It has everything Apache+Tomcat provides plus a whole lot more. I think Sun (www.java.sun.com) has a free one as does Enhydra (www.enhydra.org). There are also commercial offerings like Websphere, Web Logic, and Dynamo. However, I'm guessing that full blown J2EE is overkill for what you're doing and I'm not sure how well any of them work with MySQL since its not SQL92 compliant. Is it even SQL89 compliant? You may need to consider a different RDBMS; maybe PostgreSQL (www.postgresql.org). Non Java options like PHP have been mentioned by other posters. I won't comment, because I have not used PHP for many years. I can tell you that I see a lot more job postings for J2EE skills than I do for PHP skills. Mike Bresnahan -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Raymond Norton Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:04 AM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [TCLUG] creating databases for the web I am new to MySQL, so I am not sure what is available. I want to create db's that can be brought up via a web browser, so I can add information to them from any PC. What would I need in place to do this? Raymond Norton Raymond Norton LCTN 320-234-0270