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		skeeter2020 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GeoCities in 1995: Building a Home Page on the Int... >> not like geocities was gonna let you hook up to a SQL database. Aside: the first time I put some data in a database table, and built a page to display it in the browser is one of those head exploding moments from my life. I'm pretty sure it was MS Access, classic ASP (there were... 4? objects total to learn?) and IIS Express.

rambambram 5 months ago [–]

> Aside: the first time I put some data in a database table, and built a page to display it in the browser is one of those head exploding moments from my life.

This kickstarted webdev for me too. I remember the moment exactly.

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