JP2006252257A - Data base text output system, text output server, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a database text output system for outputting information acquired from a database in an output contents and layout based on a model. <P>SOLUTION: A server 101 is provided with a merchandise information database 301 for storing merchandise information 310 constituted of items and a model 322 is stored in a merchandise information database 301. In response to a text output request from a client terminal 103, one or more merchandise information records 12 acquired from the merchandise information database 301 is text-outputted to at least one output file 330 for each of the designated number of output records according to layout description by replacing output item descriptions surrounding an item name 71 by <% and %> with an item value 73 corresponding to an item name 71 in a merchandise information record 12 based on the designated model 322. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a database text output system that uses a network to output information in a database that stores and manages information in a database, and more particularly to a text output function based on a template.

  In recent years, when creating catalogs, with the spread of computers, product data to be put on catalogs has been used as a database. Collaborating with a database, catalog creation work is performed by desktop publishing (DTP) or the like, and the efficiency has been improved. For example, on the Web consisting of a database that stores product information, image data, and the like, a server that manages database information, and provides functions such as input / output, search, and browsing of database information, and a plurality of user terminal devices There is an operating database system (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-324975 A

  However, in the conventional system, when the information acquired from the database is output, it is output in a format defined by the application (tab-delimited text of 1 record per line, output of 1 item per line per record). For this reason, there is a problem in that information cannot be output in a content required by the user or in a desired layout.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a database text output system and the like that enables output based on a template and output based on a template when outputting information acquired from a database. The purpose is to do.

In order to achieve the above object, a first invention is a text output server connected to a client terminal via a network, having a database for storing and managing information consisting of at least one item, and outputting the information as text. Because
Retaining means for retaining in the database a text format template that describes the received output items and layout data including decorations such as characters in response to a template registration / update request from the client terminal, and the client terminal In response to a text output request from, one or more information records acquired from the database are output to at least one output file for each specified number of output records with output contents and layout based on the specified template And a text output server.

The output means replaces the item name in the template with the value of the item corresponding to the item name of the acquired information record for the output item description specified in <%%> and outputs the description. Is desirable.
The item of the record information record includes a related information item indicating information associated with the information and / or a related image item indicating image information associated with the information, and the output unit includes the related information in the template. It is desirable to output the information associated with the target information and / or the image file name storing the associated image information for the previous term output item description specifying the item and / or the related image item.
In addition, it is desirable to further include a deletion unit that deletes the specified template from the database in response to a template deletion request from the client terminal.

  The text output server according to the first invention has a database for storing and managing information consisting of at least one item. In response to the template registration / update request from the client terminal, the text output server receives the items to be output, characters, etc. A text template that describes layout data including decorations is stored in the database, and one or more information records obtained from the database are output based on the specified template in response to a text output request from the client terminal. Output to at least one output file for each number of output records specified by content and layout.

“Information” is, for example, product information, and is composed of character information (such as specifications) of products, material information (image information) of products, and the like.
The “item” is information that corresponds to the field in the information record of the database, and includes an information item associated with the information and / or an image information item associated with the information.
The “template” is information in a text format that describes items to be output and layout data including decorations such as characters.

In the first invention, when the text output server outputs the text extracted (searched) from the database in the content and layout based on the template, it outputs the content and layout required by the user. Information acquired from the database can be output.
Also, by setting how many records are output per output file, you can output one record per file or multiple records per file.
In addition, it is possible to simultaneously output product information related to the target product information and materials (image files, etc.) related to the product information, and by outputting in HTML format, the user's request The information obtained from the database can be displayed in a browser with a layout that has contents and variations.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a database text in which a client terminal and a database for storing and managing at least one item of information are connected to a text output server for outputting the information as text. In the output system, the text output server, in response to a template registration / update request from the client terminal, receives a text format template that describes the received output items and layout data including decorations such as characters, In response to a text output request from the client terminal and the storage means to be stored in the database, one or more information records acquired from the database are specified with output contents and layout based on the specified template Output means to output to at least one output file for each number of output records The client terminal includes a template registration / update request means for transmitting a template registration / update request to the text output server together with the created / updated template, and the text output server. And a text output requesting means for transmitting a text output request by designating the number of output records to be output to one output file.

  The second invention transmits a template registration / update request together with the created / updated template to the text output server and the text output server of the first invention, and makes a request to the text output server. The invention relates to a database text output system including a template and a client terminal that transmits a text output request by designating the number of output records to be output to one output file.

The third invention is a program for causing a computer to function as the database text output server of the first invention.
A fourth invention is a recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as the database text output server of the first invention is recorded.

  The above-described program may be distributed by being stored in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, or the program can be transmitted and received via a communication line.

  The present invention can provide a database text output system or the like that enables output with output contents and layout based on a template when outputting information acquired from a database.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a database text output system and the like according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals are given to components having substantially the same functional configuration, and redundant description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a database text output system 100 according to the present embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a database text output system 100. As shown in FIG. 1, the database text output system 100 includes a server 101, a plurality of client terminals 103, and the like connected via a network 109. The The database text output system 100 is a configuration diagram when implemented using WWW (World Wide Web) technology.

  The network 109 is a network such as the Internet, a local area network (LAN), or an in-house LAN, and may be wired or wireless.

  The server 101 is a server computer or the like, and includes a WWW server 110, a text output unit 111, a database server 112, and the like. The text output unit 111 outputs the text of the product information 310 acquired from the product information database 301 based on the template 322 via the database server 112. The database server 112 is a database engine or the like, and performs corresponding processing for various requests such as search, reference, registration, and deletion to the product information database 301.

  The client terminal 103 is a personal computer, a portable terminal (Personal Digital Assistant), or the like. The client terminal 103 is equipped with a WWW browser 120. The client terminal 103 accesses the WWW server 110 of the server 101 via the WWW browser 120, creates a template 322 describing desired output contents and layout, and transmits a registration / update request to the product information database 301. . Further, the product information 310 to be output is acquired from the product information database 301 by searching or the like, and a text output request for the product information 310 is transmitted.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the server 101 will be described. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the server 101.

  The server 101 is configured by connecting a control unit 201, a storage unit 202, a media input / output unit 203, a communication control unit 204, an input unit 205, a display unit 206, a printing unit 207, and the like via a system bus 209.

  The control unit 201 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like.

The CPU calls a program stored in the storage unit 202, ROM, recording medium or the like to a work memory area on the RAM, executes it, controls the drive of each device connected via the system bus 209, and is performed by the server 101. Various processes described later (see FIGS. 6, 7, 8, and 9) are realized.
The ROM is a non-volatile memory and permanently holds a computer boot program, a program such as BIOS, data, and the like.
The RAM is a volatile memory, and temporarily stores a program, data, and the like loaded from the storage unit 202, ROM, recording medium, and the like, and includes a work area used by the control unit 201 for performing various processes.

The storage unit 202 is an HDD (hard disk drive), and stores a program executed by the control unit 201, data necessary for program execution, an OS (operating system), and the like. As for programs, a control program 391 corresponding to an OS (operating system), an application program 392 corresponding to processing to be described later performed by the server 101 to which the computer is applied, and the like are stored.
Each of these program codes is read by the control unit 201 as necessary, transferred to the RAM, read by the CPU, and executed as various means.

  The media input / output unit 203 (drive device) performs data input / output, for example, floppy disk drive, PD drive, CD drive (-ROM, -R, -RW, etc.), DVD drive (-ROM, -R, etc.) -RW etc.) and media input / output devices such as MO drives.

  The communication control unit 204 includes a communication control device, a communication port, and the like, and is a communication interface that mediates communication between the server 101 and the network 109. Communication control between the server 101 and the client terminal 103 is performed via the network 109. I do.

The input unit 205 inputs data and includes, for example, a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, and an input device such as a numeric keypad.
An operation instruction, an operation instruction, data input, and the like can be performed on the server 101 via the input unit 205.

  The display unit 206 includes a display device such as a CRT monitor and a liquid crystal panel, and a logic circuit (such as a video adapter) for realizing a video function of the computer in cooperation with the display device.

  A printing unit 207 is a printer and performs print output processing.

  The system bus 209 is a path that mediates transmission / reception of control signals, data signals, and the like between the devices.

  Next, information stored in the storage unit 202 of the server 101 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating information stored in the storage unit 202.

  In the storage unit 202, a plurality of product information databases 301, a control program 391, an application program 392, and the like are stored.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the product information database 301.
As shown in FIG. 4, the product information database 301 includes a plurality of product information 310, at least one template information 320, and the like. Note that a plurality of product information databases 301 managed by the server 101 may exist as necessary.

  The product information 310 includes character information 311 such as product specifications, image information 312 which is product material information, and the like.

The template information 320 includes a template 322 of a text format file that describes information such as an item to be output and its layout when outputting text, and template management information 321 that is management information thereof.
The template management information 321 includes a template ID, a template name, a template file name, and the like.

  The data configuration of the product information database 301 is not limited to this configuration.

The control program 391 is a program that drives and controls each component of the server 101, and corresponds to an OS (operating system).
The application program 392 is an executable program corresponding to the later-described processing (see FIGS. 6, 7, 8, and 9) performed by the server 101, and corresponds to the WWW server 110, the text output unit 111, the database server 112, and the like. It is a program to do.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the client terminal 103 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram of the client terminal 103.

The client terminal 103 is connected to a control unit 401, a storage unit 402, a communication control unit 403, a media input / output unit 404, an input unit 405, a display unit 406, a printing unit 407, and the like via a system bus 409.
The hardware configuration of the client terminal 103 is the same as that of the server 101 described above with reference to FIG.

  Next, the processing operation of the text output unit 111 that outputs the product information 310 acquired from the product information database 301 based on the template 322 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the text output process for outputting the product information 310 acquired from the product information database 301 of the server 101 based on the template 322.

A text output program that is an application program 392 is installed in the storage unit 202 of the server 101. The following processing of the server 101 is performed by the control unit 201 of the server 101 through the WWW server 110 and the database server 112 according to the control of this text output program.
Further, the WWW browser 120 as the application program 392 is installed in the storage unit 402 of the client terminal 103, and the following processing of the client terminal 103 (access to the server 101 via the WWW browser 120, access to the server 101) The instruction and the like are performed by the control unit 401 of the client 103.

  In advance, the control unit 401 of the client terminal 103 accesses the database server 112 and registers the template 322 in the product information database 301. This process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The control unit 401 of the client terminal 103 accesses the server 101 and makes a login request to the product information database 301 (step S601).

  For example, the server 101 is accessed from the WWW browser 120 of the client terminal 103 by specifying a predetermined URL of the server 101, and the control unit 201 of the server 101 sends the login screen data to the client terminal 103 via the database server 112. Send. The control unit 401 of the client terminal 103 transmits the input user ID, password, and server name to the server 101 according to a login screen (not shown).

  The control unit 201 of the server 101 performs user authentication from the received user ID, password, and the like, and when the user authentication is correct, sets and connects the product information database 301 corresponding to the designated server name (step S602), Main screen data for operating the product information 310 in the product information database 301 is transmitted (step S603).

  The control unit 401 of the client terminal 103 displays the received main screen 10 (step S604).

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the main screen 10.
As shown in FIG. 10, the main screen 10 includes a product information list 11 including product information records 12 displaying information acquired from the product information database 301, group tree search / item value tree search / keyword search / general-purpose search, and the like. A search screen 13, a work box list / basket list, various control buttons, a menu bar, and the like are displayed.

  The control unit 401 of the client terminal 103 displays the product information list 11 including the acquired product information records 12 on the main screen 10 by searching on the search screen 13 or the like (step S605).

  The control unit 401 of the client terminal 103 transmits a text output request to the selected at least one output target product information record 12 (step S606).

  The user selects “text output” 16 on the product information menu screen 15 displayed by right-clicking on the product information record 12 to be output in the product information list 11 on the main screen 10.

  In response to the text output request, the control unit 201 of the server 101 activates the text output program of the application program 392 (step S607).

The control unit 201 transmits output content setting screen data (step S608).
The control unit 401 displays the received output content setting screen 20 (step S609).

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the output target setting screen 20.
As shown in FIG. 11, the output content setting screen 20 includes settings such as an output type (format) 21, an output item 22, an output unit 23, a material file output 24, and control buttons.
The output type (format) 21 has “tab delimiter”, “comma delimiter”, “model”, “XML format”, and the like as output formats. The output item 22 specifies a template name 25. When the reference button 27 is pressed, a template name list is displayed on the template setting screen 30. In the output unit 23, an output record number 26 that is the number of records to be output to one output file is designated. The material file output 24 is set to “Yes” when the associated material information (image information) is output.

  When performing text output using the template 322, the user selects the output type 21 “template”, specifies the template name 25 to be used, and the number of output records 26 (step S610). A template output request is transmitted together with the model name 25 and the number 26 of output records (step S611).

  The control unit 201 of the server 101 accepts a text output request based on a template name 25, the number of output records 26, and a template (step S701), and transmits output file setting screen data (step S702).

  The control unit 401 displays the output file setting screen 40 (step S703).

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the output file setting screen 40.
As shown in FIG. 12, the output file setting screen 40 displays an output file name 41 for performing settings related to the output file, an output destination 42, and the like.
The user designates the output file name 41, the output destination 42, etc., such as “automatically create”, “generate by unique item of product”, “generate by item classification, item name”, etc., and the client terminal 103 The control unit 401 transmits the designated output file name 41, output destination 42, and the like (step S704).

  Based on the specified template 322, the control unit 201 of the server 101 outputs the text to the specified output file name 41 and the output destination 42 based on the specified template 322 (step S705).

  Next, with reference to FIG. 8, the text output process for outputting the product information record 12 to be output in step S705 based on the template 322 will be described in detail. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a text output process for outputting the product information record 12 to be output based on the template 322 in step S705.

  The control unit 201 of the server 101 sets a counter L indicating the number of output records to be output to one output file to 0 (step S801).

  The control unit 201 sets an output file corresponding to the designated output file name 41 and output destination 42 (step S802).

  The control unit 201 determines whether or not the text output of all the product information records 12 to be output has been completed (step S803).

When the text output of the product information record 12 has not been completed (No in step S803), the control unit 201 sets item names with <% and%> based on the description content of the template 322 with the specified template name. While replacing the enclosed description with the value of the item corresponding to the item name in the product information record 12, the product information record 12 is output as text to the output file 330 in accordance with the layout description (step S804).
In the description of the template, related product information and related material information (image information) associated with the target product information 310 are simultaneously recorded by describing related product items and related material items in the output item description items. There are also a description method for outputting and a description method for outputting in HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format for browser display (to be described later with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15).

The control unit 201 adds 1 to the counter L indicating the number of output records (step S805).
The control unit 201 determines whether or not the product information records 12 with the designated number of output records 26 have been output (L = number of output records 26) (step S806).
When the product information record 12 having 26 output records is not output (No in Step S806), the control unit 201 repeats the processing from Step S803 to Step S806, and performs text output processing for 26 output records.

When the product information record 12 with 26 output records is output (Yes in step S806), the control unit 201 sets the next output file 330 (step S807). When “automatically create” is specified for the output file name 41, the sequence number set at the end of the output file name 41 is counted up (for example, the output file name “2005050.txt”-> next Output file name “20050216_001.txt”).
The control unit 201 resets the counter L indicating the number of output records to 0 (step S808), proceeds to step 803, and outputs the text of the next product information record 12.

  When the text output for all the merchandise information records 12 is finished (Yes in step S803), the text output process to the output file 330 is finished.

  Next, an example of the template 322 and the output file 330 that is the output result is shown.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating one mode of the template 322 and an output file 330 that is an output result thereof.
As shown in FIG. 14, the template 322 has an output item description in which item names are enclosed by <% and%>, and a layout description. For example, an item as an output item together with a character string of the layout description. Name 71 “model code”, “manufacturer name”, “series name”, related product item name 72 “related product / series name”, etc. are described.

For the first record of the product information record 12 to be output on the screen 10 (see FIG. 10), the “model number here-><% model code%>” in the template 322 is an item of the item “model code”. The value 73 is replaced with “20001”, and “model number here-> 200001” is output to the output file 330. If the item information related to the product information 310 to be output has the item “related product” and the item value 73 of the item “series name” of “related product” is “STAR X100”, “reference product: <% related “Product.series name%>” is output as “reference product: STAR X100”.
When outputting, an output file 330 consisting of one record per file and an output file 330 consisting of a plurality of records per file are created according to the number 26 of output records.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an aspect of a template 322 and an output file 330 (HTML output) that is an output result thereof.
As shown in FIG. 15, the template 322 has an output layout description described in the HTML language, and an output item description in which the item name 71 is enclosed by <% and%>. For example, the template 322 includes an output file description The output layout description is described in HTML so that 330 is displayed in a browser table, and item names 71 “model code”, “maker name”, “series name”, and related material item name 74 “related” are output items. Describe material / file name.

  For the first record of the product information record 12 to be output on the main screen 10 (see FIG. 10), “... Model number </ td> <td> <% model number code%> </ td>” The item value 73 of “Code” is replaced with “20001”, and “... Model number </ td> <td> 20001 </ td>” is output to the output file 330.

Material item associated with the product information 310 to be output: When the item has “related material” and the item value 73 of the “related material” item “file name” is “m42_top.jpg”,
“... <td><img src =“ <% product image. “File%>”></td> ”indicates that“... <Td><< img src = “m42_top. jpg "></td>" is output, and the file name is output to the corresponding part of the output file 330 (<% product image. file%>).

When the template 322 is used and text is output by setting the “material file output” 23 on the output content setting screen 20 of FIG. 11 to “Yes”, an image 76 of the material file “m42_top.jpg” is combined with the output text. Is output.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a browser display of the output file 330 of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 16, when the output file 330 of FIG. 15 is displayed on the browser, the image 76 of the material file “m42_top.jpg”, the item value 73 “20001” of the item “model code”, and the item value 73 of the item “maker” “DNP”, the item value “AAA” of the item “series name”, and the like are displayed in a table format.

  Next, registration / update / deletion processing of the template information 320 will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for registration / update processing of the template information 320.

As shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 401 of the client terminal 103 creates a template 322 in advance using an editor or the like (step S901).
The control unit 401 accesses the server 101, logs into the product information database 301, activates the text output unit 111, and displays the template setting screen 30 in the same manner as the text output process of FIG. 6 (step S902). .

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing template registration / update on the template setting screen 30.
As shown in FIG. 13, the template setting screen 30 includes a template list 31 including registered template names 25, an add button 41, a delete button 42, an update button 43, and the like.

When the add button 41 / update button 43 is pressed, the control unit 401 of the client terminal 103 displays the “open file” screen 50 (step S903). The user designates the template file name 51 of the template 322 on the “Open File” screen 50 (step S904).
The control unit 401 displays the template name input screen 60, and transmits a template registration / update request together with the input template name 25 and template 322 (step S905).

  The control unit 201 of the server 101 reads the designated template 322, registers / updates it with the designated template name 25 in the template information 320 of the product information database 301, and holds it (step S906).

  When the model name 25 in the template list 31 on the template setting screen 30 is selected and the delete button 42 is pressed, the control unit 401 of the client terminal 103 transmits a delete request for the specified template, The control unit 201 of the server 101 deletes the corresponding template information 320 in the product information database 301.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 201 of the server 101 has the product information database 301 that stores and manages the product information 310 including at least one item. In response to the template registration / update request, the product information database 301 stores a text format template 322 describing the received output items and layout data including decorations such as characters. In response to a text output request from the client terminal 103, one or more product information records 12 acquired from the product information database 301 are output for each designated output record number 26 with output contents and layout based on the designated template 322. To at least one output file 330.

As a result, when the record acquired from the database is output as text, the information can be output with the content and layout required by the user by outputting the content and layout based on the template.
Also, by setting how many records are output per output file, you can output one record per file or multiple records per file.
In addition, it is possible to simultaneously output product information related to the target product information and materials (such as image files) related to the product information.
Furthermore, by outputting in the HTML format, it is possible to display the information acquired from the database in a browser with a layout with variations and contents desired by the user.

  In the present embodiment, the server 101 includes a WWW server 110, a text output unit 111, a database server 112, and the like. The server 101 is accessed from the client terminal 103, and a text output program is executed via the WWW server 110. The text output program is downloaded to the client terminal 103 side in advance, the text output program on the client terminal 103 is started up, and the product information database 301 of the database server 112 on the server 101 side is accessed while the text is Output processing may be performed.

  The program for performing the processing shown in FIGS. 6, 7, 8, 9 and the like may be distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, or the program may be transmitted / received via a communication line. You can also.

  The preferred embodiments of the database text output system and the like according to the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the technical idea disclosed in the present application, and these naturally belong to the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

The figure which shows schematic structure of the database text output system 100 which concerns on this Embodiment. Hardware configuration diagram of server 101 The figure which shows the information which the memory | storage part 202 hold | maintains The figure which shows the data structure of the merchandise information database 301 Hardware configuration diagram of the client terminal 103 The flowchart which shows the process sequence of the text output process which outputs the text of the merchandise information 310 acquired from the merchandise information database 301 of the server 101 based on the model 322. The flowchart which shows the process sequence of the text output process which outputs the text of the merchandise information 310 acquired from the merchandise information database 301 of the server 101 based on the model 322. The flowchart which shows the process sequence of the text output process which outputs a text based on the model which specified the merchandise information record 12 of the output target of step S705. The flowchart which shows the process sequence of the registration / update process of model information 320 The figure which shows the main screen 10 The figure which shows the output object setting screen 20 The figure which shows the output file setting screen 40 Diagram showing template registration / update on the template setting screen 30 The figure which shows the one aspect | mode of the output file 330 which is the model 322 and its output result The figure which shows the one aspect | mode of the output file 330 (HTML output) which is the model 322 and its output result The figure which shows the browser display of the output file 330 of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ......... Database text output system 101 ......... Server 103 ......... Client terminal 109 ......... Network 110 ......... WWW server 111 ......... Text output means 112 ......... Database server 120 ......... WWW browser 201 , 401 ...... Control unit 202, 402 ...... Storage unit 301 ...... Product information database 310 ...... Product information 311 ...... Text information 312 ...... Material information (image information)
320 ......... Model information 321 ......... Model management information 322 ......... Model 11 ......... Product information list 12 ......... Product information record 25 ......... Model name 26 ......... Number of output records 71 ……… Item name 72 ……… Related product item name 73 ……… Item value 74 ……… Related material item name

Claims (9)

A text output server connected to a client terminal via a network, having a database for storing and managing information consisting of at least one item, and outputting the information as text,
In accordance with a template registration / update request from the client terminal, a holding unit that holds the received output item and a text template that describes layout data including decorations such as characters in the database;
In response to a text output request from the client terminal, at least one information record obtained from the database is output for each specified number of output records with the output content and layout based on the specified template. An output means for outputting to a file;
A text output server comprising: The output means includes
2. The output item description in which the item name in the template is specified in <%%> is replaced with the value of the item corresponding to the item name in the acquired information record and output. The text output server described. The item of the information record has a related information item indicating information associated with the information and / or a related image item indicating image information associated with the information record,
The output means includes
For the output item description specifying the related information item and / or the related image item in the template, output the information associated with the target information and / or the name of the image file storing the associated image information The text output server according to claim 1, wherein the text output server is a text output server. The text output server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the output file is described in HTML. In accordance with a template deletion request from the client terminal, deletion means for deleting the specified template from the database,
The text output server according to claim 1, further comprising: The text output server according to claim 1, wherein the server is a Web server, and the client terminal functions as a Web browser. A database text output system in which a client terminal and a database for storing and managing information consisting of at least one item and a text output server for outputting the information as text are connected via a network,
The text output server is
In accordance with a template registration / update request from the client terminal, a holding unit that holds the received output item and a text template that describes layout data including decorations such as characters in the database;
In response to a text output request from the client terminal, at least one information record obtained from the database is output for each specified number of output records with the output content and layout based on the specified template. An output means for outputting to a file;
With
The client terminal is
A template registration / update request means for transmitting a template registration / update request to the text output server together with the template created / updated;
A text output request means for transmitting a text output request by designating the desired template and the number of output records to be output to one output file to the text output server;
A database text output system comprising: The program which makes a computer function as a text output server in any one of Claims 1-6. A recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as the text output server according to claim 1.

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