Question: Is it required to use a data base program like MySQL for a website?

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Answer #1:

no. Databases are great for storing merchandise on a ecommerce site, posts on a fourm site. Anything that you need to store a lot of info on. That way you can make a template of how you want a page to look and fill in the exact info with database records when the page is called from the server. It saves from having to make thousands of pages for every item on a website or posible search. If you don't need anything like that then don't use a database.

Answer #2:

It can be used but not always necessary

Answer #3:

You need a database only if you want your website's content to be dynamically generated. If you know what you want to put on your web site and know that won't greatly change regardless of the user you can always build a static web site using XHTML and CSS.





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