Dale
When I realised that I needed to go the database route, I looked first at ASP - I could run it easily on my Windows machine for development purposes - with Access as the backend. Having a fair bit of VBA experience (although usually of the find-a-suitable-bit-of-code-and-tweak variety), I got it working easily enough.
Via this forum and elsewhere I then got views that Access really wasn't suitable for concurrent rights and SQL Server on the other hand was expensive. So I looked at PHP/MySQL. This too was easy enough for my level of experience. I have bought several books - Teach Yourself, Virtual Quickstart and a SAMS book. All have been useful and all contain free code that you can use.
I now have various PHP systems running - powering the menu at Bricks and Brass, another which is effectively a content management system for the Products and Services Directory, and others for events, books etc.
So I can recommend that route!
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