Fwd: Re: Scripture Tools for Every Pastor

>The project is in early days, and I'm inexperienced at project
>management, so I don't have a formal outline with milestones.
>As you surmised, the main glue will be web files, using javascript &
>CSS. The reason is to enable easy installation on any type of hardware.
>
>We are planning to supply as much data as legally possible on
>portable media, which looks like it will be USB flash memory but you
>never know where technology is going. Other data will be available
>as downloadable extras, but we don't want people to have to rely on
>a good internet connection more than necessary.
>
>Right now I need some intelligent web research to find a database
>technology which doesn't need a server.
>A lot of what we do will need database facilities, but this is
>difficult when only using javascript.
>Are you familiar with MySQL? It is the most common database used for
>web applications, and works well with PHP.
>I'd like to avoid using PHP if possible, because this involves
>installing a server (eg Apache). Although this is easy on a PC (eg
>with XAMPP or EasyPHP) I want this to be a plug-in-and-go system.
>
>So what we need is a database which doesn't need a server and which
>can be accessed using javascript.
>I THINK I remember seeing something like this during web browsing,
>but didn't make a note of it.
>Do you think you could do some research and come up with some possibilities?
>
>If you find that this idea is impossible, do you know how we could
>do this in Java? Most platforms run at least a cut-down version of
>Java, and on most systems this wouldn't need to be installed.
>
>I realise I'm asking a VERY difficult question, and I only want to
>pay for 3 hrs work on this initially. If you come up with a null
>result, please tell me what you've searched so I know where to move on from.
>
>A tall order or what !
>
>David IB
>