On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:41:04 +0100, Cats and dogs
<collector@collections.net> wrote:
> On 8 mrt, 19:23, Michael Vilain <vil...@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
>> In article
>> <d6ce08aa-4602-4b21-8b9b-f995b6f5f...@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
>> *Cats and dogs <collec...@collections.net> wrote:
>> > I am looking to set up a relational web database. The databases one
>> > find as a buy and set-up (plug and play) programs don't have what I
>> > find imperative in what I am looking for; namely: an email system
>> > that
>> > informs those who put search terms in the database and will be
>> > informed once the term(s) is found. The database will be filled in by
>> > another group of people.
>>
>> > Anyone knowing such program as a plug and play configuration? Or some
>> > serious programmer able to set-up such a database at a "decent"
>> > price?
>>
>> > I appreciate to read yu here or contact me directly at above email
>> > address.
>>
>> > Thank-you.
>>
>> > Cats & dogs :-)
>>
>> Not directly. *Most of the big relational databases are a "backend" to a
>> web application. *As such, it's commonly the customer's task to
>> implement whatever they need--business logic, information layout, email,
>> etc.
>>
>> Got code?
>>
>
> No, nothing yet.
>
> Start from scratch.

Afaik, NO database mails. It's not it's task. Then again, almost no
database is filled by a user with direct access. You're not looking for a
database with certain qualities, you're looking for a piece of script or
application with certain qualities (which my be tied in with a certain
type of database, or be able to work with several ones at the users desire.

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Rik Wasmus