Oracle CGI Demo

CGI scripts can be written to interface Oracle. This can be done in a number of ways:

• Shell Scripts
• C programs
• Java

CGI and Forms

Typically in a Web application you will want the ability to query the database on certain parameters only. The commonest use of the CGI mechanism is to provide a back end for HTML "FORMS". This maybe done in a variety of ways, the example below uses a Shell script:

• Shell Script Example

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