database beginner

[paulmead]

Databases scare the hell out of me, so any help is welcome and appreciated.

I have never attempted to set up or use a database before, and have very limited knowledge....I do have access to Coldfusion and Dreamweaver...If that helps.

What I want to do;

I want members using my site to be able to access their details on a database, to allow them to update their data stored there. This would have to be via an individual member password, which I would email to them. I want them to be able to do this via a simple form, with editable regions for their email address, location by country, numerical value from 1 to 20, free text upto about 2000 characters, 3 photographs, and two additional editable regions for high and low money values.

I want the database to also hold regions which are only viewable by the member, but which they cannot edit, these regions would include a membership number, date of membership expiry.

I want to have a search facility for members and non members which can search the database for all values except those in the paragraph above.

I of course wish to be able to view, ammend, or delete all records created.

Unfortunately I am all want and no know how.

Where do I start.

Paul

[Pig]

Databases require programming, so it's not something that you can just fill-in-the-blanks. You can try hotscripts.com to see if they have something you can use. You cannot use cold fusion on powweb. The software you would use is php and mysql.

You could also try and learn programming to do it yourself, but unless you really like programming anyway it would not be a good investment of your time. You could also pay someone else to create it for you.

[tmprod]

this isnt something u can just snap ur fingers and get . this requires programming and you can do what you want in many different scripting and programming languages. it is ur choice and prefrence.

[B&T]

Where do I start.At the bookstore looking for a PHP and MySQL intro book. After looking through it you can decide if this is something you really want to do yourself.