We've watched personal homepages with huge .gifs of people's pets morph into complex, multi-page Web 'zines on every topic under the sun. Traditional news media have embraced the Web as a powerful news outlet. And of course, big companies have made the leap to the Net to market themselves and hawk their wares. As sites have expanded their mission, they've expanded their page counts as well. That's where databases come in.
Databases are our friends.
Channel to need a database. Database-driven sites represent the next step in the evolution of the Web. Where databases were once sidelined as the boring backend, they're suddenly taking the spotlight as the key to sites' success. Better yet, databases in conjunction with ASP and CGI can bring you dynamic data. First, it means you can stop coding.