BizDB Searchable Web Database Installer

This Installer is suitable for the installation of a new BizDB Evaluation, BizDB Starter, BizDB Standard or BizDB Advance database application on your server operated in a standalone environment. All CGI scripts, Html templates and database files will be setup and initialized from scratch.

Once the installation is complete and proved working, you should download all the BizDB CGI scripts, Html templates and database files from your server using any FTP client software and then back them up safely on your PC.

We do not recommend you to use this Installer to upgrade your existing BizDB files which are already operating in a production or established environment. For such systems, you should use our BizDB File Uploader to upload your modified CGI scripts or templates, one at a time.

You can use this Installer to install multiple copies of CGI scripts and templates with each copy supporting a different database application. Each of these BizDB copies should be installed on a different CGI and Html subdirectories. 

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Examples:                                                                           
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                    Business DB                    Motors DB                        
                  New Directory Names          New Directory Names                     
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CGI Scripts      ../cgi-bin/bizdb/            ../cgi-bin/motors/                    
Database         ../htdocs/bizdb/db/          ../htdocs/motors/db/                  
Html Templates   ../htdocs/bizdb/templates/   ../htdocs/motors/templates/           
Image Upload     ../htdocs/bizdb/upload-img/  ../htdocs/motors/upload-img/          
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Files used / uploaded / affected by this Installer are:
    - "bizdb-aed.cgi", "bizdb-search.cgi" and "bizdb_upload.cgi" CGI scripts
    - "bizdb-add", "bizdb-edit", "bizdb-delete", "bizdb-search", "bizdb-summary",
      "bizdb-detail" and "upload_image" Html templates
    - "rec_nr_file.txt", "no_image.gif" and the BizDB database search file.
For other parameters and files not mentioned in this Installer Setup Interface,
you must set them up manually yourself and then upload the files to the server
using our BizDB File Uploader or any FTP client software.
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This software is a product of CNC Technology. All rights reserved. Only the user with our permission can use and modify this software. Also permission is granted to execute this software on one domain name only. Without CNC Technology's permission, no part of this software can be reproduced ( other than the backup copy ), resold or redistributed to any other indivituals, companies and organizations. In all cases this copyright notice must not be removed.

DISCLAIMER:

The programs and interfaces used by this software are provided on a "As Is" basis. You must use this program at your own risk. CNC Technology will not be liable ( nor responsible ) whatsoever for any direct or indirect damages caused by the use of this Software.

1. Specify all new directories you want to create:

All fields relevant to your Version are to be completed.

The pathname of your Website's Home Page Directory (relative to server ROOT) is **websiteroot**

Enter pathnames of all new directories:

  • You must enter below the absolute pathnames (relative to your server's ROOT directory) of all new directories you would like to create to store your BizDB CGI scripts, database files, templates and user uploaded images.
  • Each pathname must be started with a / and ended with a / character and must be terminted by a linefeed (your keyboard's Return Key).
  • Note: Absolute pathname of a directory is not an URL. It is very similar to the pathname of a directory displayed by your PC's Windows Explorer. If you have problems, please check with your Web hosting company.

Example: The following example tells the software to create a new cgi script directory "bizdb" under cgi-bin; a new html directory "bizdb" containing 3 new subdirectories "db", "templates" and "upload-img". It is essential that the pathname of the html directory "bizdb" be placed before the 3 new subdirectories so that the parent directory can be created first.
/home/username/httpd/cgi-bin/bizdb/
/home/username/httpd/htdocs/bizdb/
/home/username/httpd/htdocs/bizdb/db/
/home/username/httpd/htdocs/bizdb/templates/
/home/username/httpd/htdocs/bizdb/upload-img/

Do you want to terminate the installation if one or more of the directories above have already been created before:

2. The CGI settings below are common for all CGI Scripts:

For all BizDB versions:

Version Of the BizDB software you are using:

Perl Processor Absolute Pathname:

Find out from your Web hosting company's documentation
Must be started with a / character.

Absolute pathname of the CGI directory used to host your BizDB CGI Scripts:

Must be started with / and ended with / character.
eg. /home/username/httpd/cgi-bin/bizdb/

Absolute pathname of the Database Directory:

Must be started with / and ended with / character.
eg. /home/username/httpd/htdocs/bizdb/db/

Absolute pathname of the Html Templates Directory:

Must be started with / and ended with / character.
eg. /home/username/httpd/htdocs/bizdb/templates/

Absolute pathname of the Image Upload Directory:

Must be started with / and ended with / character.
eg. /home/username/httpd/htdocs/bizdb/upload-img/

Web address (URL) of the Image Upload Directory:

Must be started with http://yourdomain_name and ended with a / character.
eg. http://yourdomain_name/bizdb/upload-img/

Your server's O/S platform:

Character code to be supported:

Normally blank is for English

Database filename:

Alphnumeric characters only
eg. bizdb or bizdb.txt or motors1 or motors2

Do you want to empty the above database file:

Total number of database fields:

Enter 15 if you have 10 user fields. The first 5 fields are reserved for the system. User fields start from field # 6.

Absolute pathname of the sendmail program:

Find out from your Web hosting company's documentation
Must be started with / character.
eg. /usr/lib/sendmail

Return URL displayed on system message pages:

Must be started http://yourdomain_name .
eg. http://yourdomain_name/

Valid Website domain names allowed to execute these CGI Scripts:

Blank to allow all, or enter valid domain names separated by a comma.
eg. abc.com,xyz.com,def.org

For BizDB Advance version only:

Database field delimitor:

3. The CGI settings below are for the Add, Edit, Delete and Upload CGI Scripts:

For all BizDB versions:

Supervisor Password:

Must be alphanumeric characters. Upper and lower cases allowed.

Security Control:

Check password when asked to show record on the Edit Record screen:

Where do you want new and edited records added:

Maximum image size (Bytes) allowed for upload:

For BizDB Standard, BizDB Advance versions only:

How do you want new Record ID assigned:

Do you want to initialize the Automatic Record Number Allocation File (rec_nr_file.txt) if Record ID is to be assigned by the software automatically:

You should ignore the following 3 fields if your database does not need to support login, logout and expiry date controls.

NOTE: To use the login, logout and expiry date control features, you must install our LoginControl BizDB add-on (separately priced) as well.

Use Login and Expiry Date Control:

Expiry Date Field - Specify a field in your database used to store the record's expiry date:

Leave this field blank if you are using BizDB alone or you never expire records even though LoginControl is used.
If the expiry date control feature in LoginControl is used, enter a valid fieldname in the form of fnn. For example, if field # 20 is used, enter f20 . (Note: f1 to f5 are reserved for the system. All user definable fields start from f6 .)

Expiry period for new database records:

Must enter a number (greater than 1) if the Expiry Date Field above is not empty.
Enter 99999 (277 years) if you don't want the records expired.
Leave this field blank if the Expiry Date Field above is empty.

4. The CGI settings below are for the Search CGI Script:

For all BizDB versions:

Maximum number of records to be displayed per search request:

Maximum number of records to be displayed per screen:

Do you want to match special characters when searching:

Web address (URL) of your BizDB Search Database CGI Script:

eg. http://yourdomain_name/cgi-bin/bizdb/bizdb-search.cgi .

For BizDB Advance version only:

Default Sort Type:

Number of days from the posting date the searched records will be marked as New:

5. Upload CGI Scripts To Your Server:

For all BizDB versions:

Select and upload the original cgi script file called "bizdb-aed.cgi" (received from our ZIP file):


This file will be uploaded to your server.
Assign a filename for the above program on your server:

The filename must be something like bizdb-aed.cgi or motordb-aed.cgi .

Select and upload the original cgi script file called "bizdb-search.cgi" (received from our ZIP file):


This file will be uploaded to your server.
Assign a filename for the above program on your server:

The filename must be something like bizdb-search.cgi or motordb-search.cgi .

Select and upload the original cgi script file called "bizdb_upload.cgi" (received from our ZIP file):


This file will be uploaded to your server.
Assign a filename for the above program on your server:

The filename must be something like bizdb_upload.cgi or motordb_upload.cgi .

6. Upload the Newly Prepared Html Templates Files:

For all BizDB versions:

Replacement of existing URLs (or text strings) in the Html templates by the specified new URLs (or text strings) (Note: Only applies to all Html templates to be uploaded below):

  • All the Html templates uploaded by you below will be searched for the URLs to be replaced and then replaced them by the new URLs supplied.
  • If you change the URL of a cgi script, you must make sure the new URL reflects the proper location of the script stored in your server.
  • Always use two pipe characters "|" to separate the old URL from the new URL.
  • The old URL and the new URL must be on the same line. You must terminte each "old URL/new URL" pair by a linefeed using your keyboard's "Enter" key.
  • You must clear this field (i.e. leave this field blank) if you don't want to change anything in the templates to be uploaded.
  • You may also use this field to change database filename or any simple text strings in the templates.

For all BizDB versions:

Select and upload your "Add Record" template file which has been prepared to meet your database needs:


Leave this field blank if a correct version has already been uploaded to the "templates directory".
Assign a filename for the above template on your server:

The filename can be something like bizdb-add.html or motordb-add.html .

Select and upload your "Update Record" template file which has been prepared to meet your database needs:


Leave this field blank if a correct version has already been uploaded to the "templates directory".
Assign a filename for the above template on your server:

The filename can be something like bizdb-update.html or motordb-update.html .

Select and upload your "Search Record" template file which has been prepared to meet your database needs:


Leave this field blank if a correct version has already been uploaded to the "templates directory".
Assign a filename for the above template on your server:

The filename can be something like bizdb-search.html or motordb-search.html .

Select and upload your "Summary Report" template file which has been prepared to meet your database needs:


Leave this field blank if a correct version has already been uploaded to the "templates directory".
Assign a filename for the above template on your server:

The filename can be something like bizdb-summary.html or motordb-summary.html .

Select and upload your "Detail Report" template file which has been prepared to meet your database needs:


Leave this field blank if a correct version has already been uploaded to the "templates directory".
Assign a filename for the above template on your server:

The filename can be something like bizdb-detail.html or motordb-detail.html .

Select and upload your "upload_image" template file which has been prepared to meet your database needs:


Leave this field blank if a correct version has already been uploaded to the "templates directory".

Select and upload the file called "no_image.gif" (received from our ZIP file):


Leave this field blank if this file has already been uploaded to the "Image Upload Directory".

For BizDB Advance version only:

Select and upload your "Batch Deletion Of Records" template file which has been prepared to meet your database needs:


Leave this field blank if a correct version has already been uploaded to the "templates directory".
Assign a filename for the above template on your server:

The filename can be something like bizdb-delete.html or motordb-delete.html .

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