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Perl works at the server end, and requires a Perl enabled server.

This sounds a bit like php.

Leon could advise you as to how php could best be applied in this 
context,and whether php or Perl would be better suited, than I could.

However, from memory, php has the ODBC facility, and I do not know 
whether Perl does.

One of Anne's colleagues, who does web stuff, with cold fusion, and a 
little php, suggested that a php front end, and a MySQL, or a 
PostGreSQL, back end, may be best for you. We have not yet used any of 
the three development tools, php, or the two database tools. Anne's 
colleague has. However, from what I understand, to be productive in 
them, should not take long.

I know very little in this area, apart from what I hear, and my 
personal experience of problems with java and javascript, but, 
perhaps, Perl, or php, whichever is more appropriate, would be better 
than java or javascript.