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this forum seemed the best fit for my question since it is about databases. when i wrote my web app(a mock e-commerce site) the way i found out if i had "sales" was by opening Access and checking the sales and invoice details tables. is that how real e-commerce sites do it? i suspect not. i know that approach wouldnt work for say an online pizza delivery company. any info will be helpful.
 
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Wouldn't there have to be some middleware processing - another teir in the model? This would remove the need for someone physically opening the db table to see if the had been an order and then inviting the possiblility of touching the data eg the request going to an EJB or a COM object(s) These could provide checks on the data, update the 'orders' table, inform the customer / vendor through the web, fire an email to the customer / vendor as to confirmation of an order etc etc etc
 
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thats what im thinking. especially since most businesses dont host their site themselves. im guessing real e-commerce software has some database manager or something. i just joined a new host that provides a database, maybe checking that out will answer some of my questions.
 
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