Website with a simple database

[BoredBloke]

I realise that this should be in technical, but I want some help on this quickly as I'll be getting involved in this tomorrow!!!!

I have been asked as to the possibility of hosting a database on the web. I have no web experience and only really ever used access as a database.

What would be the quickest and above all easiest way of getting a simple database up on a companies intranet? Having not used anything other than access, I'm completely open to any s/w - If it is possible, the client has even less experience in this field. Ideally I figured some form of SQL or mySQL as a means of generating the database but have no clue as to the way of generating the front end.

Can somebody please point me in the direction of a very easy tutorial to get me started so that I can run through it today. Cheers in advance

[MrsGoof]

How quick does it need to be done?

AMP is probably the easiest way
Apache, MySQL and PHP (php is very easy).

[Ardesco]

have a look at http://www.howtoforge.com. They have quite a few good tutorials for setting up a basic LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) server which should be all you need.

[MrsGoof]

Just a note to follow on from Ard.. reply, this is can all be done on LINUX or WINDOWS. AMP is availbe for both

[Ardesco]

They certainly can, however if you use a Linux distro like Debian it is much easier to set it all up for linux as you can quickly install extra PHP and Apache modules with minimum fuss.

(apt-get rocks )

Either way, LAMP or WAMP the choice is yours

[AtW]

Even better you can just MySQL and PHP on Windows, thus making it just MP.

[Viktor]

MySQL has Windows support, perhaps the quickest way to setup would be to install MySQL on a Windows machine, together with IIS...

[Ardesco]

Even better you can just MySQL and PHP on Windows, thus making it just MP.

Don't you mean WIMP.... (Windows IIS Mysql PHP)

Not the top of the pile IMHO

[AtW]

I use my own stack written in assembly.

threaded.

[where did my id go?]

They certainly can, however if you use a Linux distro like Debian it is much easier to set it all up for linux as you can quickly install extra PHP and Apache modules with minimum fuss.

Quick Q Ardesco. Ive just put ubuntu on a laptop to replace suse. It looks as if the debian apache install has fiddled with the standard apache config stuff . How do you use this 'sites-enabled' thing?
Is there a specific naming convention or do the entries need to match a vhost entry or something?

cheers.
wdmig