Hi, -----Original Message----- From: Ed Scott [SMTP:edscott@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:31 AM

We need some advice for a system that we may get to build. It should run through a browser. An automated task in C/C++ and PERL would collect numerical data, process it and convert the result into GIF or PNG images. This collection and processing task might run once a day or several times per day depending on the source of data. The image files will be very small. We have heard that MySQL would be a good choice since it is fast and we do not need transactions.

The other part of the architecture is for users via intranet or web browser and consists of a series of pages that are like templates to display a set of images (data) selected by time period. Currently we have a simple mockup using JavaScript and DHTML which works well with canned pages. We are thinking to use Apache. We may eventually want to allow users to add annotation that could be entered into the database but this application will primarily be a one way

Seems reasonable, since you mention browsers and MySQL you might want to have a look at phpMyAdmin http://phpwizard.net/phpMyAdmin/ I've just started looking at it and it seems rather nice. pipe. If you need dynamic pages have a look at php. http://www.php.net

Questions:

1) What other software can you suggest? 2) Are there any descriptions or examples as web pages, books or etc., of architectures similar to this? 3) What tutorials, courses or books suggestions can you offer on software components like Apache, MySQL and etc.? 4) The potential development platforms are SuSE, Mandrake and FreeBSD - any tradeoff comments? The deliverable platform is the same but we may also need to run on Sun Solaris. Comments? 5) Does SuSE contract consultant/mentoring for projects like this? Typical costs? We can build it ourselves I think but would benefit from Apache, MySQL and etc. advice.

I've recently started a project using Apache, MySQL and php3 so I picked up "PHP3 programming browser-based applications" by David Medinets, McGraw Hill pub. I picked it up last night so I can't give any real review. Also I find the O'Reilly books quite good and I'm certain there are ones covering MySQL and Apache (before you ask no the local store didn't have an O'Reilly book on php in stock). HTH Tim -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/