Databases are a powerful and effective tool incorporated into websites, but they are no suitable for every client’s needs.

What type of information is suitable for a Database?
In some ways, any type of information can be suitable to store within a database, but some information is better suited to this than others:-
• Address and Phone Lists
• Product Inventories
• Lists of Information
• Price Lists
• Images

Databases provide an excellent medium for storing information after a visitor has finished browsing a website. They provide a way for gathering information about visitors and customers, and can provide the appropriate content for generating web-pages dynamically.

Most database-driven web solutions are used for e-commerce functionality, for example: - selling online, delivering and gathering product/system information through the Internet.