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SUNY Upstate Medical University
Faculty Database System for the Internet
Weizhen Tu and Larry Polly
Educational Communications
SUNY Upstate Medical University
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Outline
• Faculty Database System Overview
• Design and Implementation Issues– Background Info
– Database Design
– PHP Implementation
– Templates, CSS and PHP code
– Data Update Tools
– Security
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Faculty Database Overview
• Profiles of Upstate Faculty– Name, Degree, Title, Department
– Research/Clinical Interests
– Education/Clinical Training
– Clinical Certification
– Research Abstract
– Publications (link to PubMed)
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Faculty Database Overview
• Three Views for Internet Audiences– Department: indexed by title, research
area, or clinical section– Research: for graduate students or
researchers in other institutions– Clinical: for patients
• PowerPoint Demo
• http://www.upstate.edu/webDB/demo/
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Faculty Database Overview
• Search Functions– Last Name
– Full Text Search• Research interests (SQL)• Research abstract (file system)• Combined via PHP code
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Faculty Database Overview
• Data Update Tools– Individuals
– Department Managers
– Web Administrators
• Domain Protected
• Require Username/Password
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Faculty Database Overview
• Back End: Oracle
• Web Server: Apache
• Web Implementation: PHP
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Design and Implementation
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Why - Background Info
• Three separate data sources for faculty profiles– Research Faculty (FileMaker Pro)
– Find a Doctor (MS Access)
– Various department pages
• Data inconsistency
• Maintenance nightmare
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Why Oracle/PHP
• Core data from Human Resource Oracle Database
• Oracle available under the SUNY License
• Table space on central Oracle server to store other non-HR info
• PHP is free
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Database Design
• Good data model is important– Flexible to accommodate all existing
faculty pages
– Expendable so future applications (such as clinical trials) can be added
– Easy to maintain and update
• Use views for database query
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Basic Database Structure
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Database Views
• viwDeptCS– for “indexed by clinical specialty”
• viwDeptCSestion– for “indexed by clinical section”
• viwDeptRArea– for “indexed by research area”
• viwDeptTitle– for “indexed by title”
• viwRProgArea– for “indexed by research program/area”
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PHP Implementation
–Presenting to the Internet
–Data Update Tools
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Program Directory Structure
WebDB Root
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Basic File Structure
update libmanageradmin javascript
Public
Protected
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Templates, CSS and PHP
• Layout, look/feel and style – Controlled by templates and CSS
• PHP code -– Connect to the remote database – Fetch data between DB & the Web
• Minimal formatting within PHP code • Example: Microbiology faculty
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Example
<?php
$page=$_SERVER{'PHP_SELF'};
$DeptName=urlencode('Microbiology and Immunology');
if ($EmpID){
include ("http://www.upstate.edu/webDB/dept-list.php?EmpID=$EmpID&page=$page");
echo "<p><a href=\"$page\">Return to Faculty List</a>\n";
}else{
include ("http://www.upstate.edu/webDB/dept-list.php?DeptID=128&DeptName=$DeptName&ByType=Title&page=$page");
}
?>
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Update Tools
• A set of Web forms
• One Web form per database table
• Maintain database integrity– Effective input error checking
• Javascript• PHP
– Avoid free text input if possible
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Security
• All update forms are domain-protected
• All update forms require login
• Login tool: customized phpSecurePage www.phpSecurePages.com (by Paul Kruyt)
• Individuals - their own data
• Managers - all faculty in his/her dept
• Web Admin - all data
• PowerPoint Demo
http://www.upstate.edu/webDB/demo/
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Summary
• Start with a good data model
• Use templates and CSS
• Data update forms should– Match database tables
– Have effective input error checking
– Avoid free text input if possible
– Be well-protected
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The End
Thank You!Any questions?