The cost of scripting a website to run off a back-end database is, of course, higher than a static site, but it can save you a lot of maintenance costs and many hours in updating your site
For a simple demonstration of how you could maintain your own content click here
You should run your site from a database if you have variable content (Product catalogue; news; diary dates etc.)You should run your site from a database if you want a search facility on your site.
You should consider running your site from a database if you have a lot of data to display, even if it is static data.
You should consider running your site from a database if you have your data currently stored in this way.
There is no need to use a database for static content.
An example of a database driven site is this trade association site.
It uses the database that already existed as the basis of the “Directory Search” and a separate database (which we set up) for the news and news archive pages (also some pages in the restricted areas which you cannot view).
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