"frank" wrote:

> Hi there. First let me apologize for attempting to post this message
> a minute ago and somehow posting it before I had finished writing it.
>
> I want to create a web based software rating database. I have a
> number of objectives that I would need to achieve to make this a
> useable tool and some are not easy figure out considering my
> begginning level of db and asp knowledge. I am hoping that with an
> asp code generator and some occasional feedback from the talent that
> roams this newsgroup, I may be able to accomplish my goal.
>
> Here are the objectives of this tool:
>
> 1. Authenticated visitors must to be able to create Sub-Categories
> under a drop down list of pre-defined Categories. The drop down list
> also needs to be dynamically updated as new Categories are added to
> it.
>
> 2. Authenticated visitors must be able to add software titles (and
> other attributes) under the Sub-Categories.
>
> 3. Non authenticated visitors (public) need to be able to search and
> browse the list of titles and add a rating to them.
>
> 4. The ratings will be on a number of criterion and the actual rating
> figures need to be averaged and then displayed as a graphic on the end
> of each search result line item etc.
>
> There are tens of thousands of software titles and this tool would be
> available to the Internet so this has the potential of becoming a
> large database. This makes poorly scaleable MSAccess out of the
> question. My next two realistic database choices are MSSQL 2000 or
> MySQL. I have a preference for MSSQL 2000 because I am pretty
> familiar with it and I already have a environment where I can build my
> project.
>
> What I am hoping for out of this post is some feedback as to how
> difficult a project this really is. Feedback appreciated.
>
> -Frank Wells