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Think of this book as your friendly guide to building a Web database application. This book is designed as a reference, not as a tutorial, so you don’t have to read this book from cover to cover, unless you want to. You can start reading at any point in the book — in Chapter 1, Chapter 9, wherever. I divide the task of building a Web database application into manageable chunks of information, so check out the table of contents and locate the topic that you’re interested in. If you need to know information from another chapter to understand the chapter you’re reading, I reference that chapter number. background for you, the reader. I am assuming that you know HTML and have created Web sites with HTML. Consequently, although I use HTML in many examples, I do not explain the HTML. If you don’t have an HTML background, this book will be more difficult for you to use. I suggest that you read an HTML book — such as HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition, by Ed Tittel and Natanya Pitts, or HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd Edition, by Deborah S. Ray and Eric J. Ray (Wiley) — and build some practice Web pages before you start this book. In particular, some background in HTML forms and tables is useful. However, if you’re the impatient type, I won’t tell you it’s impossible to proceed without knowing HTML.