Amiga database with HTML output?

[trochej]

   You are looking for a database that has an API for one of languages used to create dynamic pages. PHP (http://www.php.net) and perl (http://www.perl.org) would we the most widely used, I think (don't know how with asp). You can also try for some kind of compiled language, like C/C++ (database need to have an API for it). PHP and perl are IMHO better for this purpose than compiled languages. You could also try java. As for a database, as suggested, you should try mySQL. I know it runs on many platforms and can communicate with many languages.

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trochej

[trochej]

   Don't know about eBay, but usually it works that way:
 - database engine (lets say mySQL),
 - http server (lets say Apache).

   You use a bunch of scripts to send queries to database engine and fetch answers. There is no problem is including php in html (although you have to say Apache to parse every HTML in search for php code, which can be a performance hit). It's no problem to run all of this on a single computer.
    I don't know if I understood your worries, but such a site with dynamic content would need a connection to database, so yes, it should be online. :-)
    http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/php - You will find a php tutorial here. PHP/mySQL tutorial is linked somwhere there.

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trochej

[trochej]

    If you don't need to keep many records, you could try with a flatfile database. PHP has facilities to use those. You would then eliminate mySQL and simplified the learning.

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trochej